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  r85774 | brian.curtin | 2010-10-21 09:11:48 -0500 (Thu, 21 Oct 2010) | 7 lines

  Fix #10162: Add try/except around _winreg.OpenKey for keys that are
  unreadable by all users, e.g., Flash, Silverlight, and Java keys were
  causing errors.

  We don't currently have a way to grant/deny permissions for a key
  via winreg so there are no tests for this.
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 Library
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+- Issue #10163: Skip unreadable registry keys during mimetypes
+  initialization.
+
 - Issue #5117: Fixed root directory related issue on posixpath.relpath() and
   ntpath.relpath().