Edit Windows 7 Registry in Python? [duplicate]

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I have run into another problem with my current project. The program needs to values and keys periodically while running. Each time I attempt to edit the value, I get a code 5, Access Denied. How would I go about doing this so the values can be editied, but the user doesn't have to enter admin credentials to run the application?

I am using the _winreg module with Python 2.6 on Windows 7.

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If you want to edit something that is writable only with administrative privileges, you just have to run under admin privileges. Everything else would be a giant security hole.