Commit 89095fbddcba3c3e27d0573bc7202ca9a5f4f00b
2013-09-17T22:57:30
Fix failure in win32_find_git_in_registry() when UAC is turned on Demand read only access to registry key instead of full access. This might happen in Windows Vista and later.
diff --git a/src/win32/findfile.c b/src/win32/findfile.c
index eb83178..d8b8f60 100644
--- a/src/win32/findfile.c
+++ b/src/win32/findfile.c
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ static int win32_find_git_in_registry(
path16.len = MAX_PATH;
- if (RegOpenKeyExW(hieve, key, 0, KEY_ALL_ACCESS, &hKey) == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
+ if (RegOpenKeyExW(hieve, key, 0, KEY_READ, &hKey) == ERROR_SUCCESS) {
if (RegQueryValueExW(hKey, L"InstallLocation", NULL, &dwType,
(LPBYTE)&path16.path, &path16.len) == ERROR_SUCCESS)
{