Not sure how it happened, but this thread ended up being "How to open a CMD prompt with TrustedInstaller permissions" Scroll to page 2, post 29, to see. Here below is my original message about taking the registry "back" from TrustedInstaller (there is a batch file below to do that, too). ---------------------ORIG MSG--------------------- This is a question about SetACL syntax but since it applies to TrustedInstaller I thought that the Win 7 forum will get greater exposure. It's also a mini-how t