How can I use vbscript to add or change permissions on a registry key?

Question

I want to use vbscript (or some scripting language I can run locally on a windows 7 machine) and change a registry key's permissions.

I saw regini, but it's old, and I didn't see how to use it for my needs. Specifically, as an example, I need to add:

nt service\BFE to the HKLM\currentcontrolset\services\bfe\parameters\policy. Then I have to use advanced, add bfe, then use specific permissions such as set, read, query value, delete, but not full control.

How can I do this programmatically with a scripting language?

Thanks.

Answer 1

With regini.exe.

So I won't be able to set Users Full Control, but Everyone Full Control.

See the following articles for details on the values used in the regini script:

• How to Use Regini.exe to Set Permissions on Registry Keys

• How to: Use a Script to Change Registry Permissions from the Command Line

And here you have the VBScript that will use regini.exe and its script:

' Create a temp file with the script that regini.exe will use
'
set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
strFileName = oFSO.GetTempName
set oFile = oFSO.CreateTextFile(strFileName)
oFile.WriteLine "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\AlejaCMaTypelib [1 5 7 11 17]"
oFile.WriteLine "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\AlejaCMaCo\AlejaCMaApp [1 5 7 11 17]"
oFile.Close

' Change registry permissions with regini.exe
'
set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
oShell.Run "regini " & strFileName, 8, true

' Delete temp file
'
oFSO.DeleteFile strFileName

WScript.Echo "Done!"