Ugh, top-posting... Reformatted.
On Fri, 14 Jul 2006, Stephen D Lindner wrote:
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From: "Igor Peshansky" <pechtcha@XX.XXX.XXX>
To: "Stephen D Lindner" <intel@XXXXXXX.XXX>
Cc: <cygwin@XXXXXX.XXX>
<http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PCYMTNQREAIYR>. Thanks.
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
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?
Yes, it can be used for any option that specifies a key/value pair.
Documentation <http://cygwin.com/acronyms/#PTC>.
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'
Actually, I was wrong. You do need to escape the backslashes twice
(inside the single quotes) when using regtool, because that's how regtool
historically expects them to be. So,
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'
should work. Unfortunately, this is probably something we're stuck with
for the sake of backwards compatibility. Again, documentation patches
thoughtfully considered (and this is probably worth mentioning in the
User's Guide).
Igor
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