Errors when creating new values in registry editor

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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.
 
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.
 
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.
 
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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