They want a script!
They want a script!
I just spent the day setting registry permissions one by one, trying to remove keys that were blocking USB initialization on my brother's computer. I only wanted to reinstall everything but didn’t want to re-download his files. Eventually it worked, but it made me wonder if someone has created a simpler and less time-consuming method for assigning ownership of multiple registry keys and deleting them while listing all subkeys. It was really frustrating—I’d reach the last key in a section, claim ownership, and then discover 30 more subkeys inside! Has anyone discovered a better way to do this?
The article was found on Goolge. You should adjust the path in your code to match your registry keys, possibly changing the line with the full key. Convert the content into a PowerShell script and save it as an .ps1 file. Running it may require changing permissions.
Thank you for the response. We attempted this method, but it didn’t succeed since it doesn’t grant rights recursively. The script attempts to unlock the top key first, then realizes it must unlock subkeys before proceeding to the root key, but it fails overall. This leaves me needing to manually take ownership and remove the keys.