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LoadKeyFromFile: Access Denied

Asked by TimmA in Delphi Programming, Windows Programming

Tags: delphi, LoadKeyFromFile, registry

Hello,

I am trying to load .reg files to registry and it works fine.

However, it gives me access denied error when trying to import reg files to some paths.

Is there anything else what needs to be added? Like change registry permissions, etc?
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Procedure LoadKeyFromFile(Key,Failas:PChar);
const
  SE_BACKUP_NAME  = 'SeBackupPrivilege';
  SE_RESTORE_NAME = 'SeRestorePrivilege';
var
  MainKey: HKey;
  TP, Prev: TTokenPrivileges;
  RetLength: DWORD;
  Token: THandle;
  LUID: TLargeInteger;
  Error: Cardinal;
 
begin
  // enable restore privilege, must be done before trying to open a registry key with backup/restore option
  if OpenProcessToken(GetCurrentProcess, TOKEN_ADJUST_PRIVILEGES or TOKEN_QUERY, Token) then
  begin
    if LookupPrivilegeValue(nil, SE_RESTORE_NAME, LUID) then
    begin
      TP.PrivilegeCount := 1;
      TP.Privileges[0].Luid := LUID;
      TP.Privileges[0].Attributes := SE_PRIVILEGE_ENABLED;
      if not AdjustTokenPrivileges(Token, False, TP, SizeOf(TTokenPrivileges), Prev, RetLength) then RaiseLastWin32Error;
 
      if FileExists(Failas) then
      begin
        // note: Key must already exist!
        if RegCreateKeyEx(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, Key, 0, nil, REG_OPTION_BACKUP_RESTORE,
          KEY_WRITE, nil, MainKey, @Error) = ERROR_SUCCESS then
        try
          Error := RegRestoreKey(MainKey, Failas, 0);
          if Error <> ERROR_SUCCESS then
          begin
            ShowMessage(SysErrorMessage(Error));
          end;
        finally
          RegCloseKey(MainKey);
        end;
      end;
      // Revoke all privileges this process holds (including backup)
      AdjustTokenPrivileges(Token, True, TP, 0, Prev, RetLength);
 
     // close handle to process token
     CloseHandle(Token);
    end;
  end;
end;
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