On Win NT machines you have to have admin rights for the app to work using HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. This is a real pain.
Rob Software engineer Wild Software Ltd Ph 03 377-0495 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kyley Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2003 1:29 PM Subject: RE: [DUG]: Registry entries under NT,XP use HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE for the globals, or any global defaults where you can then put the same key structure under HKEY_CURRENT_USER as an override -----Original Message----- From: Paul Lowman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 28 March 2003 8:46 a.m. To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: [DUG]: Registry entries under NT,XP Can anyone enlighten me as to the best approach to the following problem: An application is used be several users on an XP machine and needs to keep both user specific options in the registry as well as global settings that affect all users. Currently the entries are stored in the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software key. The app must also run on both NT,XP as well as Win9x,ME systems. Any ideas welcomed Paul Lowman Lowman Consulting Ltd. [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Zealand Delphi Users group - Delphi List - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.delphi.org.nz To UnSub, send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body of "unsubscribe delphi" Web Archive at: http://www.mail-archive.com/delphi%40delphi.org.nz/
