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

ID: Q237607

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0
Microsoft Windows NT Server version 4.0, Terminal Server Edition
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server

SUMMARY

This article describes how to use the Regini.exe tool in the Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit to modify registry permissions from within a script.

MORE INFORMATION

It may be useful to use the Regini tool to modify registry permissions from within a script to automate the distribution of permissions or for other uses. For example, if an administrator wanted to allow Everyone to have full control to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\MyCompany\MyProgram, the following sample Regini script would assign this permission:


\registry\machine
              software
                  mycompany
                         myprogram [1 5 7 17]

The numbers that appear after the MyProgram key correspond to group permissions, and are defined in the following list:


 1  - Administrators Full Access
 2  - Administrators Read Access
 3  - Administrators Read and Write Access 
 4  - Administrators Read, Write and Delete Access
 5  - Creator Full Access
 6  - Creator Read and Write Access
 7  - World Full Access
 8  - World Read Access
 9  - World Read and Write Access
 10 - World Read, Write and Delete Access
 11 - Power Users Full Access
 12 - Power Users Read and Write Access
 13 - Power Users Read, Write and Delete Access
 14 - System Operators Full Access
 15 - System Operators Read and Write Access
 16 - System Operators Read, Write and Delete Access
 17 - System Full Access
 18 - System Read and Write Access
 19 - System Read Access
 20 - Administrators Read, Write and Execute Access
 21 - Interactive User Full Access
 22 - Interactive User Read and Write Access
 23 - Interactive User Read, Write and Delete Access

Based on the script, the permissions of the MyProgram key are now:

Administrators: Full Control
Creator/Owner: Full Control
World (Everyone): Full Control
System: Full Control

NOTE: When you use Regini in this way, it actually replaces all permissions with those specified in the script, so to change "Everyone-Read" to "Everyone-Full Control," the new permission (number 7) must be applied, along with the other existing permissions. Note that if 7 is the only number specified in brackets in the script, then the permissions after running the script would only be "Everyone-Full Control."

For more information about the Regini.exe tool, please refer the Regini.doc file included in the Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit.

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbenv kbtool
Version : WINDOWS:2000; winnt:4.0
Platform : WINDOWS winnt
Issue type : kbhowto