Registry access in non-admin mode

Question

I\'ve several long-standing apps written in Delphi that persist their settings in the registry. I\'ve used HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE for \'hard\' settings such as configuration pre

Answer 1

One option, which I don't favour but will mention, is to give everyone (or a defined group etc) permission to access your key. There are various ways to do this, and there is code in the JCL that will do it, or you can use Regedit. But if you give permission (to that specific branch of HKLM) then it will work as you intended.