Errors when creating new values in registry editor

[Conan Kelly]

Hello all,

I'm was trying to follow the instructions in this MS KB article:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;319827

The first time around, I was doing this in the wrong registry key. The instructin say to use

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Currentversion\Policies\Explorer

and I was using
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Currentversion\Explorer

I was able to create the value with no problems, but of course it didn't work, it was in the wrong place.

So I undid my changes to the wrong location and tried it in the correct one. When trying to do this in Registry Editor: this was
the error message I recieved:

http://home.att.net/~ctbarbarin/files/error_creating_value.jpg

After that, I created a REG file on my desktop that consited of this:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer]
"NoStrCmpLogical"=dword:00000001

After tying to import that into the registry, this is the error message I recieved:

http://home.att.net/~ctbarbarin/files/registry_editor_error.jpg

I went back and was still able to create a new value in the wrong key I was using before, but I can not create this new value in the
correct key.

Does anyone know what is going on here? Is this a permissions/rights issue? Does an administrator need to do this? Or is this a
matter of programs being open? If this is the case, how do I get this to work? I closed all of my open programs and still couldn't
get it to work.

 

[aadil781]

boot the computer into safe-mode (F8) upon boot up, and select Safe
Mode with networking. Log-in as the administrator (default password
should be blank if none was created). Then try to re-create this key,
should have no problem since safe mode is using minimal process and
programs.

 

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

The Policies keys do have tighter permissions. Wouldn't be much good for an Adminstrator to put a policy in place if a limited user could undo it by editing the registry.

 

[Kelly]

Hi,

The sort order edit still should have worked. I have a script that returns
this error for services, etc. All should be well.

Added info:

Current User:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\]
"NoStrCmpLogical"=dword:00000001

Local Machine:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\Currentversion\Policies\Explorer\]
"NoStrCmpLogical"=dword:00000001

Change the Sort Order Back to W2K Style (Line 107)
Local Machine - http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm


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All the Best,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

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