Problem on HKCR\mailto key after installing Office 2003

[MattK]

I need help fix my registry. I can't install IE 7 because of this problem.

I bought Sony VAIO PC + Office 2003 60 days trial pre-installed.

I bought Office 2003 Pro. So, I uninstalled trial version, and installed
Office 2003 Pro + SP2(SP3?). No problem. ( about 2 month ago )

I didn't realize at that time, but when I installed Office 2003 Pro, it
broke registry
on my account. It was "HKCR\mailto" & "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\mailto"

What happened was it broke permission to these keys. I can't access them,
I can't modify them, I can't change permission, I can't delete them.
Even with Administrator account.

I get "Access deny" error message.

By the way, I don't use Outlook 2003, I use Outlook Express. They work just
fine.

Because of that, I can't install Internet Explorer 7. I get error messages
relating to
"HKCR\mailto" & "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Classes\mailto" keys.

It seem I have to re-install XP to fix this problem. But I was to avoid
that.

Is there any way to fix this corrupted registry???

Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

 

[Susan Ramlet]

Hi, MattK,

I'm no registry expert, but could it be that the access is denied because
the key is in use? Have you tried launching Windows in safe mode and
resolving the issue?

 

[Susan Ramlet]

Hi, MattK,

I'm no registry expert, but could it be that the access is denied because
the key is in use? Have you tried launching Windows in safe mode and
resolving the issue?

 

[Susan Ramlet]

Hi, MattK,

I'm no registry expert, but could it be that the access is denied because
the key is in use? Have you tried launching Windows in safe mode and
resolving the issue?

 

[Susan Ramlet]

Hi, MattK,

I'm no registry expert, but could it be that the access is denied because
the key is in use? Have you tried launching Windows in safe mode and
resolving the issue?