ReadProcessMemory and WriteProcessMemory Gone Wrong

Question

I am creating this memory editor, but the subroutine ReadProcessMemory fails; so does WriteProcessMemory. I have tried to get the last error by using the GetLastError subrou

Answer 1

For ReadProcessMemory you need PROCESS_VM_READ permission and for WriteProcessMemory you need PROCESS_VM_OPERATION permission.

see http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms680553%28v=vs.85%29.aspx
and http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms681674%28v=vs.85%29.aspx

Very likely you need Administrator rights, perhaps even SeDebugPrivilege (which you would need to elevate your process to even with Administrator rights)...