function enable-privilege { param( ## The privilege to adjust. This set is taken from http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb530716(VS.85).aspx [ValidateSet( "SeAssignPrimaryTokenPrivilege", "SeAuditPrivilege", "SeBackupPrivilege", "SeChangeNotifyPrivilege", "SeCreateGlobalPrivilege", "SeCreatePagefilePrivilege", "SeCreatePermanentPrivilege", "SeCreateSymbolicLinkPrivilege", "SeCreateTokenPrivilege", "SeDebugPrivilege", "SeEnableDelegationPrivilege", "SeImpersonatePrivilege", "SeIncreaseBasePriorityPrivilege", "SeIncreaseQuotaPrivilege", "SeIncreaseWorkingSetPrivilege", "SeLoadDriverPrivilege", "SeLockMemoryPrivilege", "SeMachineAccountPrivilege", "SeManageVolumePrivilege", "SeProfileSingleProcessPrivilege", "SeRelabelPrivilege", "SeRemoteShutdownPrivilege", "SeRestorePrivilege", "SeSecurityPrivilege", "SeShutdownPrivilege", "SeSyncAgentPrivilege", "SeSystemEnvironmentPrivilege", "SeSystemProfilePrivilege", "SeSystemtimePrivilege", "SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege", "SeTcbPrivilege", "SeTimeZonePrivilege", "SeTrustedCredManAccessPrivilege", "SeUndockPrivilege", "SeUnsolicitedInputPrivilege")] $Privilege, ## The process on which to adjust the privilege. Defaults to the current process. $ProcessId = $pid, ## Switch to disable the privilege, rather than enable it. [Switch] $Disable ) ## Taken from P/Invoke.NET with minor adjustments. $definition = @' using System; using System.Runtime.InteropServices; public class AdjPriv { [DllImport("advapi32.dll", ExactSpelling = true, SetLastError = true)] internal static extern bool AdjustTokenPrivileges(IntPtr htok, bool disall, ref TokPriv1Luid newst, int len, IntPtr prev, IntPtr relen); [DllImport("advapi32.dll", ExactSpelling = true, SetLastError = true)] internal static extern bool OpenProcessToken(IntPtr h, int acc, ref IntPtr phtok); [DllImport("advapi32.dll", SetLastError = true)] internal static extern bool LookupPrivilegeValue(string host, string name, ref long pluid); [StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, Pack = 1)] internal struct TokPriv1Luid { public int Count; public long Luid; public int Attr; } internal const int SE_PRIVILEGE_ENABLED = 0x00000002; internal const int SE_PRIVILEGE_DISABLED = 0x00000000; internal const int TOKEN_QUERY = 0x00000008; internal const int TOKEN_ADJUST_PRIVILEGES = 0x00000020; public static bool EnablePrivilege(long processHandle, string privilege, bool disable) { bool retVal; TokPriv1Luid tp; IntPtr hproc = new IntPtr(processHandle); IntPtr htok = IntPtr.Zero; retVal = OpenProcessToken(hproc, TOKEN_ADJUST_PRIVILEGES | TOKEN_QUERY, ref htok); tp.Count = 1; tp.Luid = 0; if(disable) { tp.Attr = SE_PRIVILEGE_DISABLED; } else { tp.Attr = SE_PRIVILEGE_ENABLED; } retVal = LookupPrivilegeValue(null, privilege, ref tp.Luid); retVal = AdjustTokenPrivileges(htok, false, ref tp, 0, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero); return retVal; } } '@ $processHandle = (Get-Process -id $ProcessId).Handle $type = Add-Type $definition -PassThru $type[0]::EnablePrivilege($processHandle, $Privilege, $Disable) } #------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ function Takeown-Registry($key) { switch ($key.split('\')[0]) { "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT" { $reg = [Microsoft.Win32.Registry]::ClassesRoot $key = $key.substring(18) } "HKEY_CURRENT_USER" { $reg = [Microsoft.Win32.Registry]::CurrentUser $key = $key.substring(18) } "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE" { $reg = [Microsoft.Win32.Registry]::LocalMachine $key = $key.substring(19) } } # take ownership $key = $reg.OpenSubKey($key, "ReadWriteSubTree", "TakeOwnership") $owner = [Security.Principal.NTAccount]"Administrators" $acl = $key.GetAccessControl() $acl.SetOwner($owner) $key.SetAccessControl($acl) # set FullControl $acl = $key.GetAccessControl() $rule = New-Object System.Security.AccessControl.RegistryAccessRule("Administrators", "FullControl", "Allow") $acl.SetAccessRule($rule) $key.SetAccessControl($acl) # reset owner $owner = [Security.Principal.NTAccount]"NT SERVICE\TrustedInstaller" $acl = $key.GetAccessControl() $acl.SetOwner($owner) $key.SetAccessControl($acl) } #------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ # Grant authority to registry key Write-Host; Write-Host "Elevating privileges for this process" -f yellow; Write-Host do {$result = enable-privilege SeTakeOwnershipPrivilege } until ($result -eq $true) do {$result = enable-privilege SeRestorePrivilege } until ($result -eq $true) $key="HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\AppID\{9CA88EE3-ACB7-47c8-AFC4-AB702511C276}" Write-Host "Granting authority to $key" Takeown-Registry($key) $key="HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{D63B10C5-BB46-4990-A94F-E40B9D520160}" Write-Host "Granting authority to $key" Takeown-Registry($key) Write-Host; Write-Host "Done"; Write-Host