Hi, I want to install/update a registry key under hkcr\clsid\{guid}\InProcServer32 with New as Key and dummy as value. This is for Windows 7
I have added this key in component.
But I am not able to create the key. The MSI log says.
SFC: The following entry was not added, because its key is protected by Windows: Key: \Software\Classes\CLSID\{EA502722-A23D-11D1-A7D3-0000F87571E3}\s erver Name:
SFC: Cannot create the following key due to windows protection: \Software\Classes\CLSID\{EA502722-A23D-11D1-A7D3-0000F87571E3}
I there a way or some attributes so that i create the keys here ?
Windows Vista and newer do not allow system resources protected with Windows Resource Protection to be modified by any method except those documented in the following article: Supported Resource Replacement Mechanisms
The registry key you mentioned is part of the operating system Group Policy component and is therefore a protected key.
The operating system is purposely preventing keys that it considers protected from being modified except by one of the update mechanisms listed in the MSDN article previously mentioned. This functionality is in place to prevent applications from breaking operating system components. As such, there is no way to work around this protection that we are aware of.
