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

["Stephen D Lindner" <intel at comcast dot net>]

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
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