Hi I have a script which trying to read some registry values.. I also have one function in the script which informs the user if he has the permissions to read the specific registry key.. when I execute from system32>wscript.exe it reads the registry key but when i execute from SysWOW64>wscript.exe it says that I dont have permission to do it. Why this happens? It is the same registry key in both cases.. I am testing it in Windows 2008 r2 kai in Win7 (both x64 of course..) Cheers

Hi, programs from these folders are not the same! Your %systemfolder%\system32 contains 64bit system files while your %systemfolder%\SysWow64 contains 32bit system files. If you are running script from syswow folder, your script is trying access HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node key. Regards

Thank you for the reply, In my script I am giving the key HKLM\Software\MySoftware\KeyString .. in this case is still searching for the same key under the Wow6432Node ? Cheers

It depends on what component is it. IMHO 32bit component is registered to HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\MySoftware\KeyString and 64bit component to HKLM\Software\MySoftware\KeyString .