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-rw-r--r--src/shared/registryaccess/registryaccess.cpp2
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/shared/registryaccess/registryaccess.cpp b/src/shared/registryaccess/registryaccess.cpp
index 6ee650f252e..f4148d06d59 100644
--- a/src/shared/registryaccess/registryaccess.cpp
+++ b/src/shared/registryaccess/registryaccess.cpp
@@ -111,6 +111,8 @@ bool openRegistryKey(HKEY category, // HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, etc.
const LONG rc = RegOpenKeyEx(category, key, 0, accessRights, keyHandle);
if (rc != ERROR_SUCCESS) {
*errorMessage = msgFunctionFailed("RegOpenKeyEx", rc);
+ if (readWrite)
+ *errorMessage += "You need administrator privileges to edit the registry.";
return false;
}
return true;