Re: vista + java

From:
Sabine Dinis Blochberger <no.spam@here.invalid>
Newsgroups:
comp.lang.java.programmer
Date:
Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:52:22 +0100
Message-ID:
<T5KdnQlNI_vaM0XVRVnygwA@novis.pt>
Bumsys@gmail.com wrote:

I run the following code:

private static boolean isRegistryToolsDisabled() {
        Logger.getLogger(RegUtil.class).debug("are registry tools
disabled");
        boolean retValue = false;
        final int disabledNumber = 2;
        final String keyPath = "SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\
\CurrentVersion\\Policies\\System";
        Logger.getLogger(RegUtil.class).debug("key: " + keyPath);
        RegistryKey rk = new RegistryKey(RootKey.HKEY_CURRENT_USER,
keyPath);
        Logger.getLogger(RegUtil.class).debug("checking exists:");
        boolean exists = rk.exists();
        Logger.getLogger(RegUtil.class).debug("key exists: " +
exists);
        if (exists) {
            boolean hasValue = rk.hasValue("DisableRegistryTools");
            Logger.getLogger(RegUtil.class).debug("has value: " +
hasValue);
            if (hasValue) {
                RegistryValue value =
rk.getValue("DisableRegistryTools");
                Object obj = value.getData();
                Logger.getLogger(RegUtil.class).debug(
                        "DisableRegistryTools: " + obj);
                if (obj instanceof Number) {
                    Number n = (Number) obj;
                    int v = n.intValue();
                    retValue = v == disabledNumber;
                }
            }
        }
        Logger.getLogger(RegUtil.class).debug("disabled: " +
retValue);
        return retValue;
    }

What is the reason of error?


My wild guess is that the library you use for accessing the Windows
registry is not Vista compatible, or maybe your application is running
in a scope where it is not allowed access.

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