Question

I wrote a Web service in ASP.NET using Microsoft Sync Framework 2.1 and SQL CE 3.5 SP2.
On development system (Win7) everything works fine.

After publishing on a server with Win2k8 R2 Web synchronization throws an error : System.UnauthorizedAccessException because it can’t
access :

"HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Microsoft SQL Server Compact Edition\v3.5"

Stacktrace:

  Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey.Win32Error(Int32 errorCode, String str)
  Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey.CreateSubKey(String subkey, RegistryKeyPermissionCheck permissionCheck, RegistrySecurity registrySecurity) 
  Microsoft.Synchronization.Data.SqlServerCe.SqlCeSyncUtil.CreateMachineID() 
  Microsoft.Synchronization.Data.SqlServerCe.SqlCeClientSyncProvider.CreateSyncSubscription(Guid serverId) 
  Microsoft.Synchronization.Data.SqlServerCe.SqlCeClientSyncProvider.get_ClientId() 
  Microsoft.Synchronization.SyncAgent.GetClientInfo()
  Microsoft.Synchronization.SyncAgent.DataSynchronize() 

How can I fix that problem without running into security issues?

Thx

Answer 1

set the ClientId property on the client provider (SqlCeClientSyncProvider) in your client application.