How to get the owner name of a registry key?

Steven Young 261 Reputation points
2021-04-09T02:35:53.087+00:00

I want to get the owner name of a registry key, for example, return "TrustedInstaller" or "Administrator" etc. I have the setacl.exe, but it doesn't seem to have that function.

Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Other
Developer technologies | Visual Studio | Other

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  1. Castorix31 91,966 Reputation points
    2021-04-09T06:09:26.54+00:00

    You can use PowerShell

    A quick test with a key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities: 

    $acl = Get-Acl HKCU:\Identities
$owner = $acl.Owner
echo $owner

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  2. Steven Young 261 Reputation points
    2021-04-09T05:15:39.777+00:00

    Thank you, but that didn’t solve my problem, I just want to get the owner's name of a registry key but not set it.

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  3. S.Sengupta 32,016 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2021-04-09T02:47:09.86+00:00

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