Re: Registry Problems

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On Mon, 26 Dec 2005 15:02:02 -0800, "Mike Hartsough"
<MikeHartsough@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>I'm trying to install Quicktime. The install fails because it can't access a
>key in the registry.
>
>The key is:
>HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Apple Computer, Inc.\Quicktime\Installed File
>Types\3g2, 3gp2.
>
>I've tried opening the key from Regedit, but I get an access error. I get
>the same error for several different keys as well. Not just the Apple keys.
>When I hop into regedit and try to open the "Apple Computer, Inc." folder,
>Regedit says, "Error while opening key".
>
>My account is an Administrator account.
>
>I added a registry key to give me elevated privileges using the instructions
>at:
>http://support.installshield.com/kb/view.asp?pcode=WIND700E&articleid=Q105140.
>
>I modified two registry keys to give me full control per the instructions
>at: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93865.
>
>I performed a Repair Reinstall of XP. That didn't work.
>
>Can anyone tell me what I need to do to gain access to or delete these keys?
>
>Thanks,
>Mike


May I POLITELY ask ( I'm new here, not sure of the
protocols/traditions/FAQ ) why you're asking Apple questions in a
Windows XP (IBM/Microsoft) group?

I think you are-- perhaps-- preaching to atheists, sir!
(figuratively speaking, yea seem to have taken a wrong turn somewhere)


Tallahassee
.



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