registry permissions question

Discussion in 'Windows 10' started by RanCorX2, Jan 3, 2018.

  1. RanCorX2

    RanCorX2 MDL Addicted

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    does anyone know how or if it's possible to change permissions on some keys in subtree but exclude a couple?
    when each key has a different name?

    example;

    hkey_local_machine\software\blahh\

    key1blip
    key2blop
    key3boo
    key4blag
    key5blee

    change permissions on key 1 & 2 but ignore / exclude 3,4 & 5

    can this be done somehow?
     
  2. GodHand

    GodHand MDL Addicted

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    Get-ChildItem is your friend.

    If your keys contain wildcards, you need to use a wildcard comparison operator like "-like" and "-notlike" instead of "-in" or "-notin"

    Use an array for the keys and use the Where-Object (?) cmdlet. This is not a working script, since I do not know the keys you need, but it's generally how I mass-remove keys based on criteria.

    Code:
    $path="\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\blahh\"
    [string[]]$subkeyArgs = @("key1", "key2", etc)
    Get-ChildItem HKLM:$path -Recurse -EA Stop | Get-ItemProperty -Name LocalPackage -EA SilentlyContinue | ? { $_.LocalPackage -in "*" + $subkeyArgs } | Set-ItemProperty -Name etc...
    
     
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