Re: [python-win32] Python and Win 7 Registry VirtualStore

2013-06-10 Thread Tim Roberts
John Spitzer wrote: > Everything I've read > so far says application programs, if the permissions and access is coded > correctly, should not access the VS keys directly. Sort of. This advice applies to legacy programs that don't know about the virtualization. New apps should all be using HKCU

Re: [python-win32] Python and Win 7 Registry VirtualStore

2013-06-08 Thread John Spitzer
Hello team. I've done some more testing on this I'm really hoping there is an answer to what I'm trying to do. Maybe there is something I'm overlooking or don't understand about the registry and permissions on Windows 7 and how the _winreg library works. As shown below, I'm trying to retriev

Re: [python-win32] Python and Win 7 Registry VirtualStore

2013-06-04 Thread Tim Roberts
John Spitzer wrote: > I have an application I built that ran fine on Windows XP, but now fails > on Windows 7. The place I'm encountering the problem is where I try to > read a key from the registry. I believe it's because of the > Virtualization of the registry on Windows 7. This key is created

[python-win32] Python and Win 7 Registry VirtualStore

2013-06-03 Thread John Spitzer
Hello, I've searched the python sites and help, library's and all the forums I could find, but haven't seen any mention of this. This help line seemed like a good place to ask this. I am on an HP laptop Intel Core 2 Duo, running Windows 7 Pro SP1 32Bit. I am using Python 2.7.3. I have an