Re: Unable to delete registry key

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vkov tinsky wrote: 
Hi,
I have the following registry key:
HKCU\Software\SecuROM
which has a subkey named:
"!Caution" Never delete or change any key"

Now the problem is regedit will not let me either display, delete or change permissions on that subkey and so I'm not able to delete the parent key (SecuRom).
I'd like to assume this is not down to registry corruption but has been somehow engineered by they "nice" people over at SecuRom in some.

Does anyone have a suggestion how it might be possible to remove such a registry key?
(Exporing just that key only exports the parent key, without any subkeys, by the way.) 

Have you tried exporting, editing and importing?
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