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Assign permissions to a registry key
To assign permissions to a registry key
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Open Registry Editor.
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Click the key to which you want to assign permissions.
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On the Edit menu, click Permissions.
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Assign an access level to the selected key as follows:
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To grant the user permission to read the key contents,
but not save any changes made to the file, under Permissions
for name, for Read, select the Allow
check box.
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To grant the user permission to open, edit, and take
ownership of the selected key, under Permissions for name,
for Full Control, select the Allow check box.
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To grant the user special permission in the selected key,
click Advanced.
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If you are assigning permissions to a subkey and you want the
inheritable permissions assigned to the parent key to apply to the
subkey also, click Advanced and select the Inherit from
parents the permission entries that apply to child objects. Include
these with entries explicitly defined here check box.
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Notes
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If you own a registry key, you can specify the users and groups
that can open that key. To determine who can open your registry
keys, you need to assign permissions to them. You can add or remove
users or groups from those authorized to access your registry keys
at any time.
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The Special Permissions check boxes indicate whether
custom permissions have been set for this key, but you cannot set
special permissions by clicking these check boxes. Click Advanced
to set special permissions.
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