From b23800084b64e7cdabe0519ff1a03cad17537aa2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Sawicki <kevin@github.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2015 10:30:07 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] Don't write to path when reading is blocked

Closes #5092
---
 src/browser/squirrel-update.coffee | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/browser/squirrel-update.coffee b/src/browser/squirrel-update.coffee
index df786af69..600f3c41b 100644
--- a/src/browser/squirrel-update.coffee
+++ b/src/browser/squirrel-update.coffee
@@ -81,6 +81,10 @@ getPath = (callback) ->
   spawnReg ['query', environmentKeyPath, '/v', 'Path'], (error, stdout) ->
     if error?
       if error.code is 1
+        # Don't overwrite path when reading value is disabled
+        if stdout.indexOf('ERROR: Registry editing has been disabled by your administrator.') isnt -1
+          return callback(error)
+
         # The query failed so the Path does not exist yet in the registry
         return callback(null, '')
       else