Thanks Ben and Sean, I guess it's been too long since I've worked directly in the registry.
In regedit, there's no "properties" selection displayed. In regedt32, I can get to permissions from the security menu. There a lot of groups with Full Control. Domain\Administrator Server\Administrators (Inherited) Domain\Domain Admins Domain\Enterprise Admins Domain\Exchange Full Admins Domain\Exchange Organization Administrators Domain\Exchange Services Server$(Domain\Server$) SYSTEM (Inherited) The account I'm using is a member of Domain Admins, Enterprise Admins, Exchange Full Admins and Exchange Organization Administrators, as well as others not related. Steve Hart Network Administrator 503.491.4343 -Direct | 503.492.8160 - Fax -----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 3:44 PM To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues Subject: Re: Uninstall Exchange 2000 On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 6:33 PM, Steve Hart <sh...@wrightbg.com> wrote: > The path listed in that error shows as a folder in regedit with dozens of > subfolders and keys. Is there a way to pin down the culprit? In REGEDIT, "registry keys" are displayed as folders. So key==folder. The things that appear in the right pane are "registry values". What are the permissions on the key in question? That is: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\EventLog\Application\ You can find out by right-clicking the folder icon for the key in question, and choosing "Permissions". Chances are, the permissions on that key don't grant everything needed to the user account you're using to run the Exchange uninstaller. -- Ben
