sc : Access to the path 'C:\windows\system32\config' is denied.

[isdanni]

OperatingSystem:

PS C:\windows\system32> [System.Environment]::OSVersion.Version

Major  Minor  Build  Revision
-----  -----  -----  --------
10     0      18363  0

What is failing

• Following this guide in vscode on how to configure ssh-agent in PowerShell(run as admin), but running cmds(I have openSSH installed already) gave me the following error:

PS C:\windows\system32> sc config ssh-agent start==auto
Set-Content : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument 'start==auto'.
At line:1 char:1
+ sc config ssh-agent start==auto
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidArgument: (:) [Set-Content], ParameterBindingException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SetContentCommand

PS C:\windows\system32> sc config ssh-agent
sc : Access to the path 'C:\windows\system32\config' is denied.
At line:1 char:1
+ sc config ssh-agent
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Set-Content], UnauthorizedAccessException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.UnauthorizedAccessException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SetContentCommand

• Run as admin.

Expected: Should show config success as it did on my other PC.

So far I tried

1. restart Powershell, run as admin & repeat above steps;
2. Checked this issue
3. Restart ssh-agent.
4. Check ssh status:

PS> ssh-agent.exe
unable to start ssh-agent service, error :1058


PS C:\windows\system32> ssh-agent.exe
PS C:\windows\system32> Get-Service ssh-agent

Status   Name               DisplayName
------   ----               -----------
Running  ssh-agent          OpenSSH Authentication Agent

PS C:\windows\system32> Start-Service ssh-agent

[isdanni]

Closing as it's no longer a problem.