Importing a registry file

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Silly question but.. I exported a registry key and when I
try and restore using regedt32 I get

Access Denied
The Key cannot be restored; either you have insufficient
privilege, or the key or one of its subkeys is in use by
another process.

I'm logged on as the domain Admin and set full premission
to the key and the key above it. What am I doing wrong?

The key is HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{9DA0E0EA-86CE-11D1-
8699-00C04FB98036}

Thanks,
Tim
 
Tim wrote in
Silly question but.. I exported a registry key and when I
try and restore using regedt32 I get

Access Denied
The Key cannot be restored; either you have insufficient
privilege, or the key or one of its subkeys is in use by
another process.

I'm logged on as the domain Admin and set full premission
to the key and the key above it. What am I doing wrong?

The key is HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{9DA0E0EA-86CE-11D1-
8699-00C04FB98036}
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First the terms. (Is this different in XP?)
Export/Import (or "merge") generally apply to .REG files in text and
regedit.exe
regedt32.exe does "Save key" and "Restore" (in binary files with
security).

Also the "Restore" attempts to replace the entire key and subkeys.
Unlike a "merge".
 
Tim wrote in
This is in Windows 2000 using Save Key and Restore. Sorry
for mixing terms :)
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Okay. "Restoring" in regedt32 attempts to completely overwrite the
key, contents and all subkeys and contents.

Access Denied The Key cannot be restored;
either you have insufficient privilege,

You can of course check the keys and subkeys for Permissions using the
"Security" menu in regedt32. Possibly something is not available to
the account you are logged on with. Recall that it may be an ACL on a
sub-key anywhere in the "tree" that is causing this. In some parts of
the registry inheritance at "level 1" implies nothing about "level 5".

or the key or one of its subkeys is in use by
another process.

Another possibily over which there is little you can do except try to
identify the process locking the key and stop it. I would guess this
is the culprit here.

I have no such key so...

Is MS Exchange running there? Perhaps this helps (or not) as that key
is mentioned.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=823159
"HOW TO: Troubleshoot the "503 Service Unavailable" Error Message in
Outlook Web Access 2003"
 
Yes it's an exchange 2000 box and that Reg key is tied to
OWA. That KB article is actualy the one I'm using but I
messed up and deleted the Key instead of one of the
vaules. I'll play with it some more thanks for the info.

Tim
 
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