How to export registry settings safely under Windows 7?
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Hi, I need to export some Registry Keys in HKCU in my application, so I simply make a call to regedit and user commandlineparameters /s /e to export these keys to a file. This used to work fine, but under Windows 7, everytime I call regedit I get an annoying message from UAC asking the user to allow this (in my eyes really uncritical) action. Do you have any suggestion how I can easily export a whole registry key to a reg-file, without getting a UAC warning?
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Hi, I need to export some Registry Keys in HKCU in my application, so I simply make a call to regedit and user commandlineparameters /s /e to export these keys to a file. This used to work fine, but under Windows 7, everytime I call regedit I get an annoying message from UAC asking the user to allow this (in my eyes really uncritical) action. Do you have any suggestion how I can easily export a whole registry key to a reg-file, without getting a UAC warning?
You need to elevated privileges to run <code>regedit.exe</code>. So you either select allow from the UAC prompt or run <code>regedit.exe</code> from an elevated process. For example, if you run <code>cmd.exe</code> in elevated mode and then run <code>regedit.exe</code> from this command prompt you will not be asked whether to allow or deny.
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Hi, I need to export some Registry Keys in HKCU in my application, so I simply make a call to regedit and user commandlineparameters /s /e to export these keys to a file. This used to work fine, but under Windows 7, everytime I call regedit I get an annoying message from UAC asking the user to allow this (in my eyes really uncritical) action. Do you have any suggestion how I can easily export a whole registry key to a reg-file, without getting a UAC warning?
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