Windows Service Error: System.Security.SecurityException: Requested registry access is not allowed

[Girish Dubey 1]

C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319>InstallUtil /i D:\HrmsAlertSvc\Hrm

sAlertSvc.exe

Microsoft ® .NET Framework Installation utility Version 4.0.30319.1

Copyright © Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

Running a transacted installation.

Beginning the Install phase of the installation.

See the contents of the log file for the D:\HrmsAlertSvc\HrmsAlertSvc.exe assemb

ly's progress.

The file is located at D:\HrmsAlertSvc\HrmsAlertSvc.InstallLog.

Installing assembly 'D:\HrmsAlertSvc\HrmsAlertSvc.exe'.

Affected parameters are:

logtoconsole =

i =

logfile = D:\HrmsAlertSvc\HrmsAlertSvc.InstallLog

assemblypath = D:\HrmsAlertSvc\HrmsAlertSvc.exe

Installing service ExitClosuresAlertSvc...

Creating EventLog source ExitClosuresAlertSvc in log Application...

An exception occurred during the Install phase.

System.Security.SecurityException: Requested registry access is not allowed.

The Rollback phase of the installation is beginning.

See the contents of the log file for the D:\HrmsAlertSvc\HrmsAlertSvc.exe assemb

ly's progress.

The file is located at D:\HrmsAlertSvc\HrmsAlertSvc.InstallLog.

Rolling back assembly 'D:\HrmsAlertSvc\HrmsAlertSvc.exe'.

Affected parameters are:

logtoconsole =

i =

logfile = D:\HrmsAlertSvc\HrmsAlertSvc.InstallLog

assemblypath = D:\HrmsAlertSvc\HrmsAlertSvc.exe

Restoring event log to previous state for source ExitClosuresAlertSvc.

An exception occurred during the Rollback phase of the System.Configuration.Inst

all.AssemblyInstaller installer.

System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path 'D:\HrmsAlertSvc\HrmsAler

tSvc.InstallState' is denied.

An exception occurred during the Rollback phase of the installation. This except

ion will be ignored and the rollback will continue. However, the machine might n

ot fully revert to its initial state after the rollback is complete.

The Rollback phase completed successfully.

The transacted install has completed.

The installation failed, and the rollback has been performed.

[Girish Dubey 1]

i am not able to install windows service in "Microsoft windows server 2003". when i am trying to install windows service i am getting exception "System.Security.SecurityException: Requested registry access is not allowed.". I have all admin rights and also i have run command prompt as administrator.

[justsomeguy 1,094]

There's a security problem somewhere, you must not have access to write to the registry.