How to get the owner name of a registry key?

Question

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.

Answer 1

Hope this helps:

Take Ownership of a Registry Key And Assign Full Permissions

Answer 2

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.

Answer 3

You can use PowerShell

A quick test with a key HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Identities:

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