Well, sure the registry itself is not text, but the keynames contained within it are, and so are the values, once you've read them. Basically what I'm saying is not that you need *no* permissions, just that you don't need any *special* permissions - if you have permission to read it and enumerate the subkeys, that is (at least in my experience, maybe I'm not doing exactly what the request is) sufficient. Regedit is not needed, as regedit is not what is being used, whatever program you are running is being used.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tim Roberts Sent: Friday, December 05, 2008 12:44 PM To: Python-Win32 List Subject: Re: [python-win32] Walking the registry and creating reg files Dahlstrom, Roger wrote: > If you can read the registry, you can save it without any other special > permissions. It is just text. > > Just export a branch of your own registry and open it with notepad to see the > format. I do it all the time, it works fine. > Well, you are simplifying things a bit too much. The registry itself is NOT, in fact, text. It is an indexed, hierarchical database. You can certainly use regedit to export a key to text, but the question here was about doing it programmatically, without regedit. Regedit supports the backup/restore function that Tim mentioned, but to do so, it has to acquire backup privileges. If you want to use the same functions from your own program, YOU have to acquire the backup privileges. -- Tim Roberts, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc. _______________________________________________ python-win32 mailing list python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32 DISCLAIMER: This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this in error, please immediately notify me and permanently delete the original and any copy of any e-mail and any printout thereof. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. NOTICE REGARDING PRIVACY AND CONFIDENTIALITY Direct Edge ECN LLC may, at its discretion, monitor and review the content of all e-mail communications. www.directedge.com _______________________________________________ python-win32 mailing list python-win32@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-win32
