Create Registry Entry in Vista ...
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Hi all, My Application uses RegCreateKeyEx to create a registry.This appilcation has to work in both windows XP and Vista. In windows XP it create registry successfully ,But in Vista it fails to create registry ... How do i Solve it ....
Manjunath S GESL Bangalore
I faced the same problem with my application. I used a manifest.xml in my application as a resource and it solved the problem. Here are the contents of that manifest.xml file. Your application description here. Call InitCommonControls() in the InitInstance() of ur application BOOL CURApp::InitInstance() { InitCommonControls(); -------------------------- ---------------------- } U can follow these steps to include manifest.xml in ur project. Once writing manifest.xml is completed, you will want to add the manifest.xml file to your project in the resource editor. In Visual Studio 6, hit Ctrl+R to add a new resource, select all files and double click manifest.xml to add the file. When you see the custom resource dialog, enter the number "24" as the resource type and hit OK. Once imported, right click on the resource to open the properties window and change the ID to the number "1". Sameer Thakur
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I faced the same problem with my application. I used a manifest.xml in my application as a resource and it solved the problem. Here are the contents of that manifest.xml file. Your application description here. Call InitCommonControls() in the InitInstance() of ur application BOOL CURApp::InitInstance() { InitCommonControls(); -------------------------- ---------------------- } U can follow these steps to include manifest.xml in ur project. Once writing manifest.xml is completed, you will want to add the manifest.xml file to your project in the resource editor. In Visual Studio 6, hit Ctrl+R to add a new resource, select all files and double click manifest.xml to add the file. When you see the custom resource dialog, enter the number "24" as the resource type and hit OK. Once imported, right click on the resource to open the properties window and change the ID to the number "1". Sameer Thakur
Thanks Sammer for ur valuable reply... Iam using Visual studio installer to install an application.In the installer i have a custom action DLL.In this DLL before installing the application i have to check the registry whetheir any entry with name same as my application name is present,if present take the path entered there, if not create a registry entry named with my applciation name.... Any tips to do above in vista ....
Manjunath S GESL Bangalore
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Thanks Sammer for ur valuable reply... Iam using Visual studio installer to install an application.In the installer i have a custom action DLL.In this DLL before installing the application i have to check the registry whetheir any entry with name same as my application name is present,if present take the path entered there, if not create a registry entry named with my applciation name.... Any tips to do above in vista ....
Manjunath S GESL Bangalore
Logically..... You can add that xml file as a resource in a DLL that u are using as a custom action DLL.(No need to call InitCommonControls() in that case.) By doing that ur DLL will get elevated privileges to read/write registry entries on Vista.
Sameer Thakur
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Logically..... You can add that xml file as a resource in a DLL that u are using as a custom action DLL.(No need to call InitCommonControls() in that case.) By doing that ur DLL will get elevated privileges to read/write registry entries on Vista.
Sameer Thakur
Hi sameer Can u tell me what actually done in this XMl... How it helps to edit registry And how Custom Dll Handles it...
Manjunath S GESL Bangalore
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Hi sameer Can u tell me what actually done in this XMl... How it helps to edit registry And how Custom Dll Handles it...
Manjunath S GESL Bangalore
In Vista there is a concept of User Account Control (UAC) by which it prevents any major changes in registry (though you are logged in as an Admin). To enable registry changes, we need to provide higher privileges to the application. To do this there is a tag in manifest.xml … Here we are granting the “highestAvailable” privilege to the application/DLL which ultimately grants the permission to ur application/DLL to access (Read/Write) registry. Sameer Thakur
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In Vista there is a concept of User Account Control (UAC) by which it prevents any major changes in registry (though you are logged in as an Admin). To enable registry changes, we need to provide higher privileges to the application. To do this there is a tag in manifest.xml … Here we are granting the “highestAvailable” privilege to the application/DLL which ultimately grants the permission to ur application/DLL to access (Read/Write) registry. Sameer Thakur
Thanks sameer I will try this and udapte ...
Manjunath S GESL Bangalore
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Hi all, My Application uses RegCreateKeyEx to create a registry.This appilcation has to work in both windows XP and Vista. In windows XP it create registry successfully ,But in Vista it fails to create registry ... How do i Solve it ....
Manjunath S GESL Bangalore
What happens on Vista? Post your code.
--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ Dunder-Mifflin, this is Pam.
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Hi all, My Application uses RegCreateKeyEx to create a registry.This appilcation has to work in both windows XP and Vista. In windows XP it create registry successfully ,But in Vista it fails to create registry ... How do i Solve it ....
Manjunath S GESL Bangalore
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What happens on Vista? Post your code.
--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ Dunder-Mifflin, this is Pam.
Hi guys, I tried with embedding the manifest.xml in my Dll as posted in the previous reply to write registry entry in windows vista. But this fails to create any effect (my Dll could not create the registry entry)
Manjunath S GESL Bangalore
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Hi guys, I tried with embedding the manifest.xml in my Dll as posted in the previous reply to write registry entry in windows vista. But this fails to create any effect (my Dll could not create the registry entry)
Manjunath S GESL Bangalore
The XML that specifies what execution level you want only makes sense for EXEs, not DLLs, since the execution level applies to a process as a whole.
--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ Dunder-Mifflin, this is Pam.
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The XML that specifies what execution level you want only makes sense for EXEs, not DLLs, since the execution level applies to a process as a whole.
--Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ Dunder-Mifflin, this is Pam.
Hi Mike, How can i achieve ( writing to registry ) In vista using DLL...
Manjunath S GESL Bangalore
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HI paresh, Any sample code to writing a registry entry In vista using DLL...
Manjunath S GESL Bangalore