Reg value not found as whole word

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mdruiter
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Reg value not found as whole word

Post by mdruiter »

Hi all, I think I found a small bug in the Windows Registry Search window.

Try this:
- go to reg:\
- press Ctrl+F
- at Search for, paste {2933BF90-7B36-11D2-B20E-00C04F983E60}
- press Find Now
This gives me all occurrences, including values.

Now try it again, but with Whole words enabled. For me, the values are not found any more. :o

Hope this helps.
therube
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Re: Reg value not found as whole word

Post by therube »

What you're seeing seems to be correct, though perhaps not the expected results.
Taken literally "start or end of the name", so the string is correctly found in the Name field.
For it to be found in the Data field it must be preceded by whitespace or punctuation character.
Taken in context of a typical word processor "whole word" search, then the results are wrong.
Whole words

This is the option for the Search for edit box. When checked, a found substring must be preceded and followed by a space, tab, or punctuation character, or be at the start or end of the name. Otherwise, the found substring may be a fragment of a larger string.

For reference: Nirsoft RegScanner - find/search in the Registry of Windows
WinXP Pro SP3 or Win7 x86 | SS 2.54
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Re: Reg value not found as whole word

Post by mdruiter »

It might be by design, in which case I'm only questioning the design. :)
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