How do I check whether a user is allowed to read / write a particular registry key?

Question

Does anybody know how I can programmatically check (using C#) whether my program will be able to read / write a particular registry key (specifically: \"SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\

Answer 1

I think you best bet is to just try to add your value to the key, and handle failure gracefully by informing the user they didn't have enough permissions to do that.

If you're writing some sort of administrative tool that is designed to always be run by an administrator, you should indicate that in the manifest. That way your app will elevate at startup (via UAC prompt).