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Re: Double backslashed registry names can't be found?


Thanks for responding so quickly but no joy.
I tried the -K option but info sez that's only for set and unset. Is it useful for others? I tried...


regtool -K+ check '/user/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/UserAssist/{75048700-EF1F-11D0-9888-006097DEACF9}/Count+HRZR_EHACVQY:P:\Qbphzragf naq Frggvatf\Fgrcura Yvaqare\Erprag\QFP00055.WCT.yax'

Also a variant with all foreslashes replaced with + (bad syntax: unrecognized "user").
Unknown key prefix. Valid prefixes are: etc.


I also tried the version below except using "..." sted '...'.
I've now also tried '...' without any backslash escapes.
Still no joy.

But thank you! Any help you can give is much appreciated.
Steve
----- Original Message ----- From: "Igor Peshansky" <pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu>
To: "Stephen D Lindner" <intel@provide.net>
Cc: <cygwin@cygwin.com>
Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 6:04 PM
Subject: Re: Double backslashed registry names can't be found?



On Fri, 14 Jul 2006, Stephen D Lindner wrote:

Since windows maintains ROT13 entries of every document that was ever on
the recent documents list going back (at least) five years, I decided to
clean things up. But windows maintains backslashed pathnames for the
name that follows the key. So if you forward slash the key hierarchy and
double backslash the Microshaft pathname, it should work. Right? I
typed...

regtool check '/user/Software/Microsoft/Windows/CurrentVersion/Explorer/UserAssist/{75048700-EF1F-11D0-9888-006097DEACF9}/Count/HRZR_EHACVQY\:P\:\\Qbphzragfnaq Frggvatf\\Fgrcura Yvaqare\\Erprag\\QFP00055.WCT.yax'

and it sez:
Error (2): The system cannot find the file specified.

I also tried "get" and "remove", etc. I also tried every combinatorial
of fore and aft slashes. I also tried escaping and not escaping the :'s
and spaces. I tried combinatorials of the above. I've been careful to
match case. I also tried both a forward slash and a double backslash
between the key and the name. I always get the same error.

Ah, but have you tried the -K regtool option? BTW, your quoting looks wrong -- either use the single quotes, or backslashes to escape stuff, but not both.

I ran the Cygwin updater just 5 days ago. I tried rebooting. I tried all
the usual suspects. Now I'm bothering all of you. Apologies in advance
if I've omitted something obvious.

Steve Lindner

BTW: Why does Microsoft encrypt my own information on my own machine and
retain it forever?

Because they can. :-) Igor -- http://cs.nyu.edu/~pechtcha/ |\ _,,,---,,_ pechtcha@cs.nyu.edu | igor@watson.ibm.com ZZZzz /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ Igor Peshansky, Ph.D. (name changed!) |,4- ) )-,_. ,\ ( `'-' old name: Igor Pechtchanski '---''(_/--' `-'\_) fL a.k.a JaguaR-R-R-r-r-r-.-.-. Meow!

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