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Enable‑RegistryKeyInheritance

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SYNOPSIS

Enables access or audit inheritance on local registry keys.

SYNTAX

SecurityDescriptor (Default)

Enable-RegistryKeyInheritance -SecurityDescriptor <PSObject> [-Section <String>] [-RemoveExplicitRules]
 [-RegistryView <WindowsRegistryView>] [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>] [-PassThru]
 [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

Path

Enable-RegistryKeyInheritance [-Path] <Object[]> [-Section <String>] [-RemoveExplicitRules]
 [-RegistryView <WindowsRegistryView>] [-ThrottleLimit <Int32>] [-PassThru]
 [-WhatIf] [-Confirm] [<CommonParameters>]

DESCRIPTION

Removes protection from selected registry ACLs and can remove explicit ACEs before parent inheritance is restored through section-scoped persistence.

EXAMPLES

EXAMPLE 1

Enable-RegistryKeyInheritance -Path HKCU:\Software -Section Access -WhatIf

Previews enabling DACL inheritance on the Software key.

PARAMETERS

-PassThru

Returns the updated registry inheritance state after persistence.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Path

One or more local registry key paths or RegistryKey pipeline objects.

Type: Object[]
Parameter Sets: Path
Aliases: PSPath

Required: True
Position: 1
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByPropertyName, ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-RegistryView

Selects the default, 32-bit, or 64-bit registry view explicitly.

Type: WindowsRegistryView
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:
Accepted values: Default, Registry32, Registry64

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: Default
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-RemoveExplicitRules

Removes explicit rules from selected ACLs before enabling inheritance.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: False
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Section

Selects access inheritance, audit inheritance, or both ACLs.

Type: String
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: Access
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-SecurityDescriptor

A WindowsAccessControl.RegistryKeySecurityDescriptor object returned by Get-RegistryKeySecurityDescriptor with the selected sections loaded. When supplied, inheritance is enabled on the descriptor in memory and the descriptor is returned; nothing is written until Set-RegistryKeySecurityDescriptor persists it.

Type: PSObject
Parameter Sets: SecurityDescriptor
Aliases:

Required: True
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: True (ByValue)
Accept wildcard characters: False

-ThrottleLimit

Limits concurrently processed canonical targets. One requests deterministic sequential execution.

Type: Int32
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases:

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: [Math]::Max(1, [Math]::Min(8, [Environment]::ProcessorCount))
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-Confirm

Prompts you for confirmation before running the cmdlet.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: cf

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

-WhatIf

Shows what would happen if the cmdlet runs. The cmdlet is not run.

Type: SwitchParameter
Parameter Sets: (All)
Aliases: wi

Required: False
Position: Named
Default value: None
Accept pipeline input: False
Accept wildcard characters: False

CommonParameters

This cmdlet supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable. For more information, see about_CommonParameters.

INPUTS

System.String

Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey

WindowsAccessControl.RegistryKeySecurityDescriptor

OUTPUTS

None

WindowsAccessControl.RegistryKeyInheritance

WindowsAccessControl.RegistryKeySecurityDescriptor

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