Getting this ...
Traceback (most recent call last):File "D:\Users\mike\envs\chemdata\registry\wreg\wreg.py", line 84, in <module>
curegistry.setvalue('Country', anz)File "D:\Users\mike\envs\chemdata\registry\wreg\wreg.py", line 51, in setvalue
return wr.SetValueEx(self.select(), vname, 0, 1, value) PermissionError: [WinError 5] Access is denied... on my very own laptop where my login has admistrator permissions ... which I realise means nothing in this case.
But I would not have been surprised if it worked here but not in the field where users are firefighters and definitely not administrators and cannot install software on their workstations.
import winreg as wr class Registry: def __init__(self, computer=None, hkey=None, sub_key=None): # computer is None means this computer self.computer = computer self.key = hkey self.sub_key = sub_key def connect(self): return wr.ConnectRegistry(self.computer, self.key) def select(self): # also tried OpenKeyEx() return wr.OpenKey( key=self.key, sub_key=self.sub_key, access=wr.KEY_ALL_ACCESS + wr.KEY_WRITE, ) def query(self, vname): return wr.QueryValueEx(self.select(), vname) def setvalue(self, vname, value): return wr.SetValueEx(self.select(), vname, 0, 1, value) if __name__ == "__main__": lmregistry = Registry( hkey=wr.HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, sub_key="SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\XXX Technology\AppName", ) print(f"\n{lmregistry.sub_key}") anz = lmregistry.query('Country')[0] print(f"\n{anz}") # works fine curegistry = Registry( hkey=wr.HKEY_CURRENT_USER, sub_key="SOFTWARE\XXX Technology\AppName", ) curegistry.setvalue('Country', anz) <<<<< BOOM <<<<< ... Any hints appreciated. Cheers Mike -- Signed email is an absolute defence against phishing. This email has been signed with my private key. If you import my public key you can automatically decrypt my signature and be sure it came from me. Just ask and I'll send it to you. Your email software can handle signing.
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