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Hello, I'm having a slight problem trying to change a regedit variable but can't get it to work for some reason. I need to run and change it as admin or it won't work in the environment we are using.

RunAs("username", "domain", "password", 0, @ComSpec & " /c " & 'REG ADD HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced /v SeparateProcess /t REG_DWORD /d 0x00000001 /f', "", @SW_HIDE)
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When you use RunAs, that part of the script will be run as a different user, so that the key you're trying to change will be changed for the user that you're running it as, not the current user.

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This is one annoying nut to crack :S

I'm making a Admin tool for work and I got to the final stage where we cant run explorer.exe because windows needs to allow SeparateProcess in the regedit. It can be changed if the account you are using is Admin but the whole idea is to be able to run the program with a singel logon and than be able to use all the admin tools needed.

As I wrote in previouse post I'm trying to change the regedit state of SeparateProcess with RunAs, but as BrewManNH explained I will just do the changes to the RunAs account if I do it that way. So I went to the section with HKEY_USERS and changed the defult value of all users instead but I'm not sure if it works?

Is there anyone who know how to change the state of the current users account or to change it for all users as its really no harm done by changing that setting. And it has to be changed with domain or local Admin priveleges I think...

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I believe that the HKCU key is writable by any user logged in, you can check this by opening Regedit and checking the permissions on that key when you're logged in as a non-admin user.

If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.
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