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Was using the registry plugin on a Vista 32-bit system.
Wanted to create a string value named "c:\windows\regedit.exe" (without the quotation marks) in reg:\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers.

Got the following error message: I was puzzled...

but then tried to leave out the colon for a try: (The system cannot find the specified file)

I then created the value with a short dummy name and renamed it to the desired name without any problem.

Both error messages are total nonsense.

After this I tried to export the key. Salamander froze, waiting for regedit.exe to finish the export, which never happened. After I killed regedit (no UI was shown) I got the following message (modal to Salamander): This time, the error message is probably right (the given path pointed to the wrong disk), but the freeze is not acceptable.

Edit: You might be better off using reg.exe for the export, rather than regedit. It works differently concerning UAC and, since it is a command line tool, is better suited for 'scripting'.

SvA wrote:You might be better off using reg.exe for the export, rather than regedit. It works differently concerning UAC and, since it is a command line tool, is better suited for 'scripting'.

I concur. Since I switched to Win7, I have to export everything from command line. Also, it seems that integrating reg.exe instead of regedit.exe should be fairly simple.

OK, fixed. Plugin is now calling regedit.exe for W2K and reg.exe for WinXP+.