Permissions on registry systemguard\seckey disappearing

I have 15 windows 2008 R2 terminal servers running App V client 4.6 SP2.
I have been looking into why Internet Explorer crashes when an app v application calls the local iexplore.exe and came to the conclusion that it was due to there being no permissions set on the Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Softgrid\4.5\SystemGuard\SecKey
key. I manually set the System to full control, Administrators to full control and the Users to read control and IE stopped crashing. However, after a few reboots of our terminal servers the permissions disappeared again and I have to manually put them back,
this is now occurring almost everyday.
I even re-installed App v 4.6 SP2 to see the default permissions when first installed, and indeed there are permissions set on the key, so i am confused why they would be removed, and how.
Can someone tell me what is seckey actually doing, and why it changes its own permissions?
Is there any other way to stop internet explorer crashing when being called by an app v application?
Thank you for any help.

Hello,
Most likely an external process (meaning; not app-v) is changing these permissions. Group Policy would be a suspect, but most likely you could us Process Monitor to detect this and determine where it originates from and really find out the root cause.
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Try this method.
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@echo off
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE /grant=administrators=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CURRENT_USER /grant=administrators=f
subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT /grant=administrators=f
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Hi,
Thanks for the very descriptive post!! The information came in handy while trying to figure out what went wrong in your case.
Ankit_Jain's Solution. I can't get this command prompt to work even with manual or copy and paste and Im aware of the mistype she put foward and corrected.
1. Download Microsoft's SubinACL tool from http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e8ba3e56-d8fe -4a91-93cf-ed6985e3927b&displaylang=en
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Since, you are using a 64 bit machine, the command 4(i) needs to altered slightly to:
i. cd /d "%ProgramFiles (x86)%\Windows Resource Kits\Tools" (Hit Enter)
Apologies for the confusion caused while trying out the same earlier. Hope it works this time around.
Regards
Ankit

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This is Happening on Three different computers.
All computers are Windows 8.1 Pro. This is a clean install.
When the computer is initially setup, I first sign on with my Windows Live ID and everything seems to work fine there.
After Joining the computer to the domain, none of the Metro UI apps will open, they open briefly and close.
Added a local account and found that it also does not work there.
Steps I have tried to resolve this:
Modified owner and permissions on registry Key: HKCR\AppID\{3EB3C877-1F16-487C-9050-104DBCD66683}
Changed owner to Local Administrator and gave full controll to Local Admin and Domain user account.
Ran DCOMCNFG and under Computers ->My Computer-> WinInetCacheServer Properties I went to the IDENTITY TAB and changed
it to the Interactive User.
That did not help.
Ran this command: "powershell
-ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $Env:SystemRoot\WinStore\AppxManifest.xml" from elevated command prompt and also did not help.
I tried downloading the App troubleshooter but it would not run.
I also tried "wsreset.exe" and got an error saying: " Windows cannot find 'ms-windows-storePurgeCaches'. Make sure you typed the name
correctly, and then try again"
When Trying to open the app and it fails I get this error under Applications in Event Viewer:
"Activation of app winstore_cw5n1h2txyewy!Windows.Store failed with error: This app does not support the contract specified or is not installed. See the Microsoft-Windows-TWinUI/Operational log for additional information."
Anyone know how to resolve this.
We are looking to implement Windows 8.1 Pro to our clients pretty soon and need to get this resolved asap.
Thanks

This is Happening on Three different computers.
All computers are Windows 8.1 Pro. This is a clean install.
When the computer is initially setup, I first sign on with my Windows Live ID and everything seems to work fine there.
After Joining the computer to the domain, none of the Metro UI apps will open, they open briefly and close.
Hi,
Did you mean that this problem only after you join the computer to the domain? if so, you may need to check whether you domain controller would install any program to your system. or you can contact domain adminstrator for further assistance.
In addition, run the following in a Command Window (CMD) to re-register the Store App:
powershell -ExecutionPolicy Unrestricted Add-AppxPackage -DisableDevelopmentMode -Register $Env:SystemRoot\WinStore\AppxManifest.XML
Roger Lu
TechNet Community Support

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