Posts Tagged ‘registry’

UnauthorizedAccessException writing to HKLM

Q. I’m trying to write to HKLM on a Vista computer using the following code:

Dim k As Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey
k = Microsoft.Win32.Registry.LocalMachine.OpenSubKey("software", True)
k = k.CreateSubKey("subkey1\testprogram")
k.SetValue("foo", "bar")

But, when I get to the last line, the UnauthorizedAccessException is thrown.  How do I fix this?

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