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User can delete registy key: HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\.... when an SVS Layer is active

Updated: 29 Jul 2010 | 3 comments
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 Hi,

I'm having a problem with an inhouse application which I'm trying to virtualize with SVS, the problem that I seem to have is with a registry key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\....

When an SVS layer is activated on my Windows XP Desktop, I can delete registry keys in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\.... as a user!

The keys in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID is a view of the keys in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes\CLSID\... and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\CLSID\...

When I try to delete this key in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes\CLSID\..., it gives me an error, permission denied... this is a normal behaviour, but when I try to delete this key in HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID, it deletes this registry key!

This only happens when an SVS layer is active, even with an empty layer.

Does anybody know why this happens?

thanks,
Matthias




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Which hive is the key in?

As you have noted, the HKCR\CLSID "view" is a merge of the HKLM/Software/Classes/CLSID and HKCU/Software/Classes/CLSID entries. Where there are duplicate entries in both HKLM and HKCU, then the HKCU entries are given priority, and appear in HKCR.

So if you have a key in HKCU/Software/Classes/CLSID, where a user has permissions to delete the entries, it will also appear in HKCR, and I would expect the user also to have permissions to delete this entry, as HKCR does not actually exist as a separate hive, but is a "view" of HKLM and HKCU.

However, if you are saying that you can delete ANY entry in HKCR/CLSID when you have even an empty layer loaded, then this sounds like a very serious bug.

If your issue has been solved, please use the "Mark as Solution" link on the most relevant thread.

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Hi EdT,    Thanks for the

Hi EdT, 

 
Thanks for the fast reply!
 
It's a key which is located in HKLM/Software/Classes/CLSID, this key is created when installing this inhouse software.
After this key is created by installation, it will delete this key in HKCR/CLSID and recreate it when launching the application.
 
Normally, it's not possible to delete this key with a user (permissions), but when an "empty" SVS layer is active, it can delete this key.
The key can not be recreated that's why I'm having problems with this software.

 
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This is a known issue and

This is a known issue and we're actively working on a fix.

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