So if I just make the same registry entries under HKCU\Software\Classes, that should work.
Thank you very much!!! I'm off to beat on this again. Jim -----Original Message----- From: Ben Scott [mailto:mailvor...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 1:48 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Allow users to change file associations On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 1:29 PM, Jim Slattery <jslatt...@medexassist.com> wrote: > How about this: Does anyone know which registry keys I'd have to give them > permissions to modify so my scripts would work? File association information is stored under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes (aliased as HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT), which is also where all sorts of other system-wide information is stored. Class registrations, type libraries, MIME types, all sorts of stuff. It's a big ball of mud. Opening that up compromises the security of the system. Users *can* however create keys under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes, and those will override anything defined in the HKLM hive. None of Microsoft's tools that manage file extensions actually seem to be aware of this, though. You have to create the needed keys and entries yourself. Or it's been up through XP; I dunno about Vista/7. -- Ben ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
