[Interest] about QSettings

[Tony Rietwyk]

> > > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 17, 2012 9:22 PM
> > >
> > > hi,
> > > when i use the qt 4.7.4 with windows xp, i found that when i use the
> > > QSettings to write sub key of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, it fails.
> > > but when i write the sub key of HKEY_CURRENT_USER, it success.
> > >
> > > i know that QSettings use the windows api (eg RegCreateKey....) to
> > > do it, so I use the RegCreateKey to do it directly, but it fails too.
> > >
> > > my windows account is administrator.
> > >
> > > thanks in advance.

Hi, 

What error do you get from calling RegCreateKey directly?   What type of
application is it?  How is it started?  

Tony