Removing Protected Registry Keys

OK, I installed Virtual CD v8 in Vista before finding out it is not
compatible with Vista. Upon uninstallation, I had virtual "ghost drives"
still attacked to drive letters, including some of my physical drives. I
tried to follow their instructions about deleting the associated registry
keys in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\S CSI, but kept
receiving an error saying "Cannot delete [key name]. Error while deleting
key." After reading through these forums, I finally figured out how to
change permissions using the advanced tab. Success I thought! WRONG!
Everytime I changed permissions to "allow" on one folder, it created a new
nested folder which was protected!!!! I am still getting the "Cannot delete"
error above! Any ideas???? Thanks!

Hi Mpotter--

I don't think you got permissions changed to get the reg deletion done. Try
this:

Rt. Click key>permissions>security tab> (in stead of hitting advanced button
this time)>edit>add>type in users>OK>close. Open again and close. You
should be able to delete that key and you haven't extended permissoions for
any other key or subkey.

CH


"mpotter" <> wrote in message
news:B369FE6F-CD99-474F-994C-...
> OK, I installed Virtual CD v8 in Vista before finding out it is not
> compatible with Vista. Upon uninstallation, I had virtual "ghost drives"
> still attacked to drive letters, including some of my physical drives. I
> tried to follow their instructions about deleting the associated registry
> keys in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\S CSI, but kept
> receiving an error saying "Cannot delete [key name]. Error while deleting
> key." After reading through these forums, I finally figured out how to
> change permissions using the advanced tab. Success I thought! WRONG!
> Everytime I changed permissions to "allow" on one folder, it created a new
> nested folder which was protected!!!! I am still getting the "Cannot
> delete"
> error above! Any ideas???? Thanks!

Hi Chad,

Thanks for the help. I tried what you said, but the only place I see an
edit option is in the advanced tab. Also, this time, some of the subkeys
give me an "access denied" message when trying to change permissions. Any
other ideas?

"Chad Harris" wrote:

> Hi Mpotter--
>
> I don't think you got permissions changed to get the reg deletion done. Try
> this:
>
> Rt. Click key>permissions>security tab> (in stead of hitting advanced button
> this time)>edit>add>type in users>OK>close. Open again and close. You
> should be able to delete that key and you haven't extended permissoions for
> any other key or subkey.
>
> CH
>
>
> "mpotter" <> wrote in message
> news:B369FE6F-CD99-474F-994C-...
> > OK, I installed Virtual CD v8 in Vista before finding out it is not
> > compatible with Vista. Upon uninstallation, I had virtual "ghost drives"
> > still attacked to drive letters, including some of my physical drives. I
> > tried to follow their instructions about deleting the associated registry
> > keys in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\S CSI, but kept
> > receiving an error saying "Cannot delete [key name]. Error while deleting
> > key." After reading through these forums, I finally figured out how to
> > change permissions using the advanced tab. Success I thought! WRONG!
> > Everytime I changed permissions to "allow" on one folder, it created a new
> > nested folder which was protected!!!! I am still getting the "Cannot
> > delete"
> > error above! Any ideas???? Thanks!
>
>

mpotter wrote:
> OK, I installed Virtual CD v8 in Vista before finding out it is not
> compatible with Vista. Upon uninstallation, I had virtual "ghost
> drives" still attacked to drive letters, including some of my
> physical drives. I tried to follow their instructions about deleting
> the associated registry keys in
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\S CSI, but kept
> receiving an error saying "Cannot delete [key name]. Error while
> deleting key." After reading through these forums, I finally figured
> out how to change permissions using the advanced tab. Success I
> thought! WRONG! Everytime I changed permissions to "allow" on one
> folder, it created a new nested folder which was protected!!!! I am
> still getting the "Cannot delete" error above! Any ideas????
> Thanks!

If all else fails you can edit the registry outside of Windows.
I have added the registry plug-in to a Bart PE image with some other tools.
(http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/).

Get the completed iso image here and burn to a cd.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7P7HNAKA
[72MB]

Boot from cd
Network support=no
Click on Go button
Select Programs
Select Registry Editor
Select location of Windows [normally C:\windows]
Accept default Sam file
Accept default Security file
Accept default Software file
Accept default System file
Do you want a remote user profile hive y/n [normally no]
The registry keys will be loaded and labelled as _Remote.
E.g. HKLM\_Remote_Software or HKLM\_Remote_System etc.
You will now be able to edit / delete with no restrictions.

Thanks bomb,

I was finally able to delete the keys using Bart PE. Handy software! Only
one little, extremely minor problem remains. Anything assigned to K: drive
(the drive formerly assigned as virtual) no longer acquires the correct icon
(ie hard drive, cd-rom drive, etc. icon). Instead, it just shows the windows
default "I don't know what this is" icon (page with corner folded down and
what appears to be a window with icons on it). Again, not a major problem .
.. . I can live with it. I couldn't live with the annoying ghost drive I had
before, but any ideas are still appreciated. Thanks again Chad & bomb!

"bomb#20" wrote:

> mpotter wrote:
> > OK, I installed Virtual CD v8 in Vista before finding out it is not
> > compatible with Vista. Upon uninstallation, I had virtual "ghost
> > drives" still attacked to drive letters, including some of my
> > physical drives. I tried to follow their instructions about deleting
> > the associated registry keys in
> > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Enum\S CSI, but kept
> > receiving an error saying "Cannot delete [key name]. Error while
> > deleting key." After reading through these forums, I finally figured
> > out how to change permissions using the advanced tab. Success I
> > thought! WRONG! Everytime I changed permissions to "allow" on one
> > folder, it created a new nested folder which was protected!!!! I am
> > still getting the "Cannot delete" error above! Any ideas????
> > Thanks!
>
> If all else fails you can edit the registry outside of Windows.
> I have added the registry plug-in to a Bart PE image with some other tools.
> (http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/).
>
> Get the completed iso image here and burn to a cd.
> http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7P7HNAKA
> [72MB]
>
> Boot from cd
> Network support=no
> Click on Go button
> Select Programs
> Select Registry Editor
> Select location of Windows [normally C:\windows]
> Accept default Sam file
> Accept default Security file
> Accept default Software file
> Accept default System file
> Do you want a remote user profile hive y/n [normally no]
> The registry keys will be loaded and labelled as _Remote.
> E.g. HKLM\_Remote_Software or HKLM\_Remote_System etc.
> You will now be able to edit / delete with no restrictions.
> .
>
>
>
>