# Reading and Creating Registry keys on Vista

**URL:** https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/reading-and-creating-registry-keys-on-vista/1195
**Category:** Discussion
**Created:** [May 4, 2009, 8:57am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/reading-and-creating-registry-keys-on-vista/1195 "2009-05-04T08:57:47Z")
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### Author: ![djmarks](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@djmarks](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/djmarks)
#### Post date: [May 4, 2009, 8:57am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/reading-and-creating-registry-keys-on-vista/1195/1 "2009-05-04T08:57:47Z")

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I have&nbsp;a project that when it was in Finalbuilder 5 it worked fine with the Virtual Store of the registry.&nbsp; With&nbsp; Finalbuiler 6, it is failing both on reading and creating the key/value.

I am using the Set Registry Value action.

&nbsp; Also have it turned on t allow Create key.&nbsp; I see it is failing in FInalbulder 6 but worked in finalbuiler 5.

Now this project is updraded from finalbuild 5.

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### Author: ![Vincent](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/user_avatar/www.finalbuilder.com/vincent/32/938_2.png) [@Vincent](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/Vincent)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2009, 1:46am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/reading-and-creating-registry-keys-on-vista/1195/2 "2009-05-05T01:46:57Z")

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I just diffed the code between FB5 and FB6 and there are no changes. The only thing I can think of is permissions. FB6 is more Vista compliant than FB5, it includes a vista manifest and it may be that you require administrator privileges to write to the registry.

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### Author: ![djmarks](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@djmarks](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/djmarks)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2009, 6:22am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/reading-and-creating-registry-keys-on-vista/1195/3 "2009-05-05T06:22:59Z")

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Attached is the project I am runninng, with UAC&nbsp;turned on it is a permission item.&nbsp; Ite would be nice on the&nbsp; Registry have a vista/windows 7 flag or something to switch to use the Current user setting instead of Local Machine if the person is not a Priveledged user.

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### Author: ![djmarks](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@djmarks](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/u/djmarks)
#### Post date: [May 5, 2009, 6:40am UTC](https://www.finalbuilder.com/forums/t/reading-and-creating-registry-keys-on-vista/1195/4 "2009-05-05T06:40:44Z")

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Due to the fact that finalbuilder 6 requires admin permission, make sure on the release tab of the MSI build it is set for Admin and not invoker. Admin does fix the privledged issue that I am seeing.   
  
 How will UAC affect FInalbuilders Server, will it requie to run as an Admin since it is a service. Only issue I seem to recall outside of the UAC on vista. is sometimes when I run as an Admin any UNC paths may not work since it is running as a system instead of the user, who towards the UNC is not running as an admin connection.   
  
 I will work with the Admin UNC item and if it shows a concern I will write more on it.