Ted:
Were you able to read the Windows defender key? I thought it worked on my Win7
box but it did not. It returned a 0 (meaning enabled) but that was the original
default value.
The error code on the key open is a 2 in Win7 and Win8.1.
No issues on the registry. I've been around the block once or twice and made
sure all was backed up before messing around.
I did change the permission to the key for the current user (owner) and it
still did not work. It must be that this key is system locked. But I could read
the key for Microsoft Security Essentials, Go figure...
Other keys using the registry class opened and read fine (from what I tested)
in bout 7 and 8.1.
Is there a registry entry that lists the current anti-virus software?
Thanks for your help.
Best regards
Jack
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From: ProfoxTech [profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] on behalf of Ted Roche
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Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2015 1:56 PM
To: profoxt...@leafe.com
Subject: Re: VFP6: Windows 8.1 Read A Registry Key
Hi, Jack:
I suspect this error is the same reason your original code didn't work. As
I said, I ran the code on my sole Win 8.1 box here, and it ran fine.
If you open the registry in RegEdit (the usual disclaimers apply: make
backups, don't change anything; if apocalypse occurs, it's not my fault)
and see if you can navigate to HKLM/Software/Microsoft... etcetera. Perhaps
the problem is that the key isn't yet there, in which case you should
likely test for the existence of elements in the branch: Windows Defender,
and on down.
On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 1:01 PM, Jack Skelley <jskel...@newjerseydevils.com>
wrote:
> Good Afternoon Ted:
> In regopenkey in registry.prg returns an error of 2.
> I think error 2 means the key can't be opened.
> Using the registry class in Windows 7 works fine.
> Thanks for the help.
> Jack
>
> ________________________________________
> From: ProfoxTech [profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] on behalf of Ted Roche [
> tedro...@gmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 13, 2015 7:56 PM
> To: profoxt...@leafe.com
> Subject: Re: VFP6: Windows 8.1 Read A Registry Key
>
> I've never tried to use WScript to do this. VFox ships with several
> different samples that read the Registry. This works on my Win 8.1 machine:
>
> #DEFINE HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE -2147483646 && BITSET(0,31)+2
>
> LOCAL regfile, oReg, lnValue, llRetVal
>
> regfile = HOME(2)+"classes\registry.prg"
>
> SET PROCEDURE TO (m.regfile) ADDITIVE
>
> oReg = CreateObject("registry")
>
> lnValue = 0
>
> llRetVal = oReg.GetRegKey("DisableAntiSpyware",@lnValue,;
> "Software\Microsoft\Windows Defender",;
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE)
>
> WAIT WINDOW "The value is " + STR(lnValue)
>
> On Tue, Jan 13, 2015 at 6:37 PM, Jack Skelley <
> jskel...@newjerseydevils.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Good Evening All:
> > I would like to be able to read a registry key in Windows 8.1 to see if
> > the Windows Defender is active. So:
> > gbError = .f. &&on error handles a key not found
> > goWSHShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
> > lcKey = "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Defender\DisableAntiSpyware"
> > lnReturn = goWSHShell.RegRead(lcKey)
> > do case
> > case gbError
> > gcDefender = "Microsoft Windows Defender Key Not Found..."
> > case lnReturn = 1
> > gcDefender = "Microsoft Windows Defender Found And Enabled..."
> > case lnReturn = 0
> > gcDefender = "Microsoft Windows Defender Present But Not Enabled..."
> > endcase
> > wait window gcDefender timeout 1
> > I have zero issues reading a registry key in Windows 7 but in 8.1 I get
> an
> > error 'invalid root key'
> > I am sure it has something to do with the permissions of the key. I
> > checked the permissions this and it gives 'read' rights to all users.
> > But I still can't access the key.
> > So how do you accesses the key? Thanks for any help.
> > Best regards
> > Jack
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