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09-04-2007
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| Guest | BUG? Registry keys with / in names It looks like Registry provider or Get-ChildItem (or both, or something else in the engine) has troubles with registry key names containing / in them (it is a valid symbol for registry names). Get-ChildItem does not return items with such names. Can anybody confirm this? -- Thanks, Roman Kuzmin PowerShellFar and FarNET: http://code.google.com/p/farnet/ |
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09-04-2007
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| Guest | Re: BUG? Registry keys with / in names I guess the "/" sign confuses the provider cause it's suppose to be a hierarchy delimiter? Anyway, under HKCU I created a new key with the name "NameWith/Slash" and inside of it I created a string value with the name "ValueWith/Slash" Non shows when listing HKCU with PowerShell Shay http://scriptolog.blogspot.com Quote: > It looks like Registry provider or Get-ChildItem (or both, or > something else in the engine) has troubles with registry key names > containing / in them (it is a valid symbol for registry names). > Get-ChildItem does not return items with such names. Can anybody > confirm this? > |
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09-04-2007
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| Guest | Re: BUG? Registry keys with / in names Running REG.exe emmits the key PS HKCU:\> reg query hkcu ! REG.EXE VERSION 3.0 HKEY_CURRENT_USER (...) HKEY_CURRENT_USER\NameWith/Slash (...) HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Network HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Printers HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software (...) # query the key PS HKCU:\> reg query HKEY_CURRENT_USER\NameWith/Slash ! REG.EXE VERSION 3.0 HKEY_CURRENT_USER\NameWith/Slash ValueWith/Slash REG_SZ 123 Notice that the "\" sign became "/"? Shay http://scriptolog.blogspot.com Quote: > I guess the "/" sign confuses the provider cause it's suppose to be a > hierarchy delimiter? > > Anyway, under HKCU I created a new key with the name "NameWith/Slash" > and inside of it I created a string value with the name > "ValueWith/Slash" > > Non shows when listing HKCU with PowerShell > > Shay > http://scriptolog.blogspot.com Quote: >> It looks like Registry provider or Get-ChildItem (or both, or >> something else in the engine) has troubles with registry key names >> containing / in them (it is a valid symbol for registry names). >> Get-ChildItem does not return items with such names. Can anybody >> confirm this? >> |
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09-04-2007
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| Guest | Re: BUG? Registry keys with / in names Got back to regedit.exe and tried to replace "\" with "/" I got the following error: The registry editor cannot rename "NameWith/Slash". Specify a key name without a backslash (\). Shay http://scriptolog.blogspot.com Quote: > Running REG.exe emmits the key > > PS HKCU:\> reg query hkcu > > ! REG.EXE VERSION 3.0 > > HKEY_CURRENT_USER > > (...) > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\NameWith/Slash > (...) > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Network > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Printers > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software > (...) > # query the key > PS HKCU:\> reg query HKEY_CURRENT_USER\NameWith/Slash > ! REG.EXE VERSION 3.0 > > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\NameWith/Slash > ValueWith/Slash REG_SZ 123 > Notice that the "\" sign became "/"? > > Shay > http://scriptolog.blogspot.com Quote: >> I guess the "/" sign confuses the provider cause it's suppose to be a >> hierarchy delimiter? >> >> Anyway, under HKCU I created a new key with the name "NameWith/Slash" >> and inside of it I created a string value with the name >> "ValueWith/Slash" >> >> Non shows when listing HKCU with PowerShell >> >> Shay >> http://scriptolog.blogspot.com Quote: >>> It looks like Registry provider or Get-ChildItem (or both, or >>> something else in the engine) has troubles with registry key names >>> containing / in them (it is a valid symbol for registry names). >>> Get-ChildItem does not return items with such names. Can anybody >>> confirm this? >>> |
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09-04-2007
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| Guest | Re: BUG? Registry keys with / in names >> Notice that the "\" sign became "/"? Please ignore this, dont know where I got it from  Shay http://scriptolog.blogspot.com Quote: > Running REG.exe emmits the key > > PS HKCU:\> reg query hkcu > > ! REG.EXE VERSION 3.0 > > HKEY_CURRENT_USER > > (...) > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\NameWith/Slash > (...) > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Network > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Printers > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software > (...) > # query the key > PS HKCU:\> reg query HKEY_CURRENT_USER\NameWith/Slash > ! REG.EXE VERSION 3.0 > > HKEY_CURRENT_USER\NameWith/Slash > ValueWith/Slash REG_SZ 123 > Notice that the "\" sign became "/"? > > Shay > http://scriptolog.blogspot.com Quote: >> I guess the "/" sign confuses the provider cause it's suppose to be a >> hierarchy delimiter? >> >> Anyway, under HKCU I created a new key with the name "NameWith/Slash" >> and inside of it I created a string value with the name >> "ValueWith/Slash" >> >> Non shows when listing HKCU with PowerShell >> >> Shay >> http://scriptolog.blogspot.com Quote: >>> It looks like Registry provider or Get-ChildItem (or both, or >>> something else in the engine) has troubles with registry key names >>> containing / in them (it is a valid symbol for registry names). >>> Get-ChildItem does not return items with such names. Can anybody >>> confirm this? >>> |
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09-04-2007
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| Guest | Re: BUG? Registry keys with / in names Thank you, Shay So, it looks like a bug to me. I'll report it later today. -- Thanks, Roman Kuzmin PowerShellFar and FarNET: http://code.google.com/p/farnet/ "Shay Levi" <no@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:8766a94464ce8c9bd11016f687c@xxxxxx Quote: >I guess the "/" sign confuses the provider cause it's suppose to be a >hierarchy delimiter? > > Anyway, under HKCU I created a new key with the name "NameWith/Slash" and > inside of it I created a string value with the name "ValueWith/Slash" > > Non shows when listing HKCU with PowerShell > > > Shay > http://scriptolog.blogspot.com > > > Quote: >> It looks like Registry provider or Get-ChildItem (or both, or >> something else in the engine) has troubles with registry key names >> containing / in them (it is a valid symbol for registry names). >> Get-ChildItem does not return items with such names. Can anybody >> confirm this? >> > |
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09-04-2007
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| Guest | Re: BUG? Registry keys with / in names Maybe you should wait for the other guys to reply. Somebody may contribute to your problem Shay http://scriptolog.blogspot.com Quote: > Thank you, Shay > > So, it looks like a bug to me. I'll report it later today. > > "Shay Levi" <no@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:8766a94464ce8c9bd11016f687c@xxxxxx > Quote: >> I guess the "/" sign confuses the provider cause it's suppose to be a >> hierarchy delimiter? >> >> Anyway, under HKCU I created a new key with the name "NameWith/Slash" >> and inside of it I created a string value with the name >> "ValueWith/Slash" >> >> Non shows when listing HKCU with PowerShell >> >> Shay >> http://scriptolog.blogspot.com Quote: >>> It looks like Registry provider or Get-ChildItem (or both, or >>> something else in the engine) has troubles with registry key names >>> containing / in them (it is a valid symbol for registry names). >>> Get-ChildItem does not return items with such names. Can anybody >>> confirm this? >>> |
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09-04-2007
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| Guest | Re: BUG? Registry keys with / in names Have you checked on connect? I am pretty sure this bug has been filed. I remember a post similar to yours about 6mon back. "Roman Kuzmin" <z@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:egCupvt7HHA.980@xxxxxx Quote: > It looks like Registry provider or Get-ChildItem (or both, or something > else in the engine) has troubles with registry key names containing / in > them (it is a valid symbol for registry names). Get-ChildItem does not > return items with such names. Can anybody confirm this? > > -- > Thanks, > Roman Kuzmin > PowerShellFar and FarNET: http://code.google.com/p/farnet/ > > |
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09-04-2007
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| Guest | Re: BUG? Registry keys with / in names Brandon, You are right: https://connect.microsoft.com/feedba...8838&SiteID=99 The bug was reported at 17/11/2006 and the status is still 'active', i.e. there is no response from Microsoft. -- Thanks, Roman Kuzmin PowerShellFar and FarNET: http://code.google.com/p/farnet/ "Brandon Shell" <tshell.mask@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23d86pFv7HHA.1208@xxxxxx Quote: > Have you checked on connect? I am pretty sure this bug has been filed. I > remember a post similar to yours about 6mon back. > > "Roman Kuzmin" <z@xxxxxx> wrote in message > news:egCupvt7HHA.980@xxxxxx Quote: >> It looks like Registry provider or Get-ChildItem (or both, or something >> else in the engine) has troubles with registry key names containing / in >> them (it is a valid symbol for registry names). Get-ChildItem does not >> return items with such names. Can anybody confirm this? >> >> -- >> Thanks, >> Roman Kuzmin >> PowerShellFar and FarNET: http://code.google.com/p/farnet/ >> >> |
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09-04-2007
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| Guest | Re: BUG? Registry keys with / in names "Roman Kuzmin" <z@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:egCupvt7HHA.980@xxxxxx Quote: > It looks like Registry provider or Get-ChildItem (or both, or something > else in the engine) has troubles with registry key names containing / in > them (it is a valid symbol for registry names). Get-ChildItem does not > return items with such names. Can anybody confirm this? > > -- > Thanks, > Roman Kuzmin > PowerShellFar and FarNET: http://code.google.com/p/farnet/ > > A few thoughts on how you might be able to get round the bug for the moment..... #Write a key containing / to the registry $WshShell = no -com wscript.shell $WshShell.RegWrite('HKCU\DeleteMe/Later\',"","REG_SZ") #Enumerate subkeys $strcomputer = '' [Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialName("microsoft.win32") $reghive = [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryHive] $regkey = [microsoft.win32.registrykey]:  penremotebasekey($reghive::CurrentUser,$strcomputer)$regkey.GetSubKeyNames() #Remove the key $WshShell.RegDelete('HKCU\DeleteMe/Later\') $regkey.GetSubKeyNames() -- Jon |
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