Why any reg edit not works for other users account?
Like i am modifying some registries but they are only showing changes in that user account who done the edit,other users have no effect.
Take example of this above registry trick only, it's showing effect only on single account user and rest users have no effect
Any help so that all users have registery effect??

Yes i am merging as administrator but effect not occurs in other user accounts, i restarts explorer.exe for others so that registry effects can be seen but it not works!
Do each time i have to reboot pc to make effect of registry on all users?
Is there a way so that reg edits can be seen in all users accounts without pc restart?
Help please...

Brink said:

You would only need to log off and log on or restart the computer to apply the one time. Afterwards, it should be applied to all users.

Are you trying to enable or disable Run?

I don't see how it could apply to all users. It only writes to HKCU

Enable_Run_Command.bat:

Code:

@ECHO Off
REG delete HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer /v NoRun /f

Disable_Run_Command.bat:

Code:

@ECHO OFF
REG add HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer /v NoRun /t REG_DWORD /d 1 /f

In my testing, it only impacts the user that was logged on when the batch file was run.

You could run it for each current user and then change some area of the default user reg so that future users are impacted.

Isn't the registry hive for each user kept in that user's profile folder?

There should be no way for a standard user to read (or be impacted by) the reg hive from another user.


Yes, using the Local Group Policy Editor works for all users - because:

"User Configuration" in Local Group Policy Editor writes to both the HKCU
and to \Windows\System32\GroupPolicy\User\Registry.pol
That file is applied to each user at logon if the OS is pro or above.

"Computer Configuration" in Local Group Policy Editor writes to both the HKLM
and to \Windows\System32\GroupPolicy\Machine\Registry.pol

Brink said:

The Policies key in HKCU and HKLM gets applied to all users. If manually setting in registry, it usually requires restarting to apply though, while setting it in Group Policy applies it instantly.

I'm not sure why this one is not getting applied to all users though.

This somewhat old technet document seems to say otherwise:

The Policies subkeys in HKCU store policy-related entries that are configured separately for each user. Group Policy adds these entries when you enable (and, for some policies, when you disable) a policy in the User Configuration folder in Group Policy.

The Policies subkeys in HKLM store policy-related entries that apply to all users of the computer. The system adds these entries when you enable (and, for some policies, when you disable) a policy in the Computer Configuration folder in Group Policy.

Many policy-related entries can appear in both HKCU and HKLM. Typically, the entries in HKLM take precedence over the entries in HKCU when both are configured.

The SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies subkey stores policy-related entries for Windows 2000 and for Windows NT 4.0 and earlier. The SOFTWARE\Policies subkey is new in Windows 2000. Please note that different versions of Windows support different policies.

Let me know if you find a reg file policy that only writes to HKCU and yet Windows somehow applies it to all users. I would like to study it to see what mechanism is fanning it out. Thanks for your time.