Thanks!

Didn't think what I was doing was right.

Chris

>AFAIK, the RegWrite method doesn't have return value (it always returns Null). Take a look at Checking Registry Subkey Access Rights at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scriptcenter/guide/sas_reg_dlby.mspx
>
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>>I have the following code that writes to the registry:
>>
>>

>>LOCAL loRegistry, lcRegBase, lcLoginServer
>>loRegistry = CREATEOBJECT("WScript.Shell")
>>lcRegBase = "some key"
>>lcLoginServer = "some value"
>>
>>IF VARTYPE(loRegistry) == "O"
>>  Registry.RegWrite(lcRegBase + "Server Name", lcLoginServer, "REG_SZ")
>>ENDIF
>>
>>

>>
>>It works but I found that it doesn't work if the user logged into windows does not have administrator access. I gludged my way around it with the following code:
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>>

>>LOCAL loRegistry, lcRegBase, lcLoginServer, luRetVal
>>loRegistry = CREATEOBJECT("WScript.Shell")
>>lcRegBase = "some key"
>>lcLoginServer = "some value"
>>
>>IF VARTYPE(loRegistry) == "O"
>>  luRetVal = .NULL.
>>  luRetVal = loRegistry.RegWrite(lcRegBase + "Server Name", lcLoginServer, "REG_SZ")
>>  IF VARTYPE(luRetVal) <> "C"
>>    MESSAGEBOX("You don't have enough windows security access...")
>>  ENDIF
>>ENDIF
>>
>>

>>
>>I was wondering if there is a better way to test if the user has enough security access on windows to write to the registry?
>>
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