diff --git a/shadowsocks-csharp/Controller/System/AutoStartup.cs b/shadowsocks-csharp/Controller/System/AutoStartup.cs
index 688ff362..c9f3d775 100644
--- a/shadowsocks-csharp/Controller/System/AutoStartup.cs
+++ b/shadowsocks-csharp/Controller/System/AutoStartup.cs
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace Shadowsocks.Controller
             try
             {
                 string path = Application.ExecutablePath;
-                runKey = Utils.OpenUserRegKey(@"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run", true);
+                runKey = Utils.OpenRegKey(@"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run", true);
                 if ( runKey == null ) {
                     Logging.Error( @"Cannot find HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run" );
                     return false;
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ namespace Shadowsocks.Controller
             try
             {
                 string path = Application.ExecutablePath;
-                runKey = Utils.OpenUserRegKey(@"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run", true);
+                runKey = Utils.OpenRegKey(@"Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run", true);
                 if (runKey == null) {
                     Logging.Error(@"Cannot find HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run");
                     return false;
diff --git a/shadowsocks-csharp/Util/Util.cs b/shadowsocks-csharp/Util/Util.cs
index e6017432..60a748e2 100755
--- a/shadowsocks-csharp/Util/Util.cs
+++ b/shadowsocks-csharp/Util/Util.cs
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ namespace Shadowsocks.Util
             return new BandwidthScaleInfo(f, unit, scale);
         }
 
-        public static RegistryKey OpenUserRegKey( string name, bool writable )
+        public static RegistryKey OpenRegKey( string name, bool writable, RegistryHive hive = RegistryHive.CurrentUser )
         {
             // we are building x86 binary for both x86 and x64, which will
             // cause problem when opening registry key
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ namespace Shadowsocks.Util
             if (name.IsNullOrEmpty()) throw new ArgumentException(nameof(name));
             try
             {
-                RegistryKey userKey = RegistryKey.OpenBaseKey(RegistryHive.CurrentUser,
+                RegistryKey userKey = RegistryKey.OpenBaseKey(hive,
                         Environment.Is64BitOperatingSystem ? RegistryView.Registry64 : RegistryView.Registry32)
                     .OpenSubKey(name, writable);
                 return userKey;
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ namespace Shadowsocks.Util
             }
             catch (ArgumentException ae)
             {
-                MessageBox.Show("OpenUserRegKey: " + ae.ToString());
+                MessageBox.Show("OpenRegKey: " + ae.ToString());
                 return null;
             }
         }