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.

Lib/mimetypes.py

@@ -253,9 +253,11 @@ class MimeTypes:
         with _winreg.OpenKey(_winreg.HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT,
                              r'MIME\Database\Content Type') as mimedb:
             for ctype in enum_types(mimedb):
+                try:
                     with _winreg.OpenKey(mimedb, ctype) as key:
                         try:
-                        suffix, datatype = _winreg.QueryValueEx(key, 'Extension')
+                            suffix, datatype = _winreg.QueryValueEx(key,
+                                                                'Extension')
                 except EnvironmentError:
                     continue
                 if datatype != _winreg.REG_SZ:

Misc/NEWS

@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #10163: Skip unreadable registry keys during mimetypes
+  initialization.
+
 - logging: Made StreamHandler terminator configurable.
 
 - logging: Allowed filters to be just callables.