New-Item fails on "Policies" hive with access denied

Question

It seems I can't write under policies, but directy I can. I need to alter something in registery under Policies. Is this doable?

New-Item -Path "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System" -Force     
New-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\System" -Name DisableAcrylicBackgroundOnLogon -Value "1" -PropertyType DWord -Force 

= access denied

New-Item -Path "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\System" -Force     
New-ItemProperty -Path "HKCU:\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\System" -Name DisableAcrylicBackgroundOnLogon -Value "1" -PropertyType Dword -Force 

= success

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Answer 1

Hi,

Have you tried to use administrator account to run the command?

It works for me.

If you got the access denied error, I think you are having a permissions issue.

But as Jrv said, It is useless to modify GP registry.

Best regards,

Young Yang