RegOpenKeyEx: The handle is Invalid

[armando]

In XP-Home's Explorer, when I right-click on any file & choose Properties I get the message:
"RegOpenKeyEx: The handle is Invalid".
I then press OK and it shows the properties normally.
The only thing I have done is a registry cleanup
with RegCleaner - JV16 powertools - but have done this regularly with no ill effect and certainly never had this message before.

Did a sfc /scannow & no solution.
Did a system restore - nada.
Replaced the deleted registry values from backup of jv16 PowerTools - no results.
Did a repair installation & I continue to get the "...handle is invalid.." message.

I searched the MSKB & found this:
(327699) - Programs that require many NT User handles may stop working when they reach approximately 10,000 handles. For example, this might occur when a program tries to use many NetDDE links.

Would this be in any way related to my problem??

TIA,
armando

 

[Raymond Chen]

Sounds like some thirdparty shell extension is putting up a rather unhelpful
message.

Under regedit look at

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\*\shellex\PropertySheetHandlers

you will find a few entries

{1F2E5C40-9550-11CE-99D2-00AA006E086C} - this is the Security page; normal
{3EA48300-8CF6-101B-84FB-666CCB9BCD32} - this is the Summary page; normal
{883373C3-BF89-11D1-BE35-080036B11A03} - this is another Summary page;
normal
CryptoSignMenu - this is the cryptography page; normal

anything else is suspicious. For each suspicious entry, note the {...} thing
and go to

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\clsid\{...}\Inprocserver32

this will give you the name of the program that is attaching itself to the
Properties dialog. Repeat for each suspicious entry - maybe one of them will
ring a bell.



In XP-Home's Explorer, when I right-click on any file & choose Properties I
get the message:
"RegOpenKeyEx: The handle is Invalid".
I then press OK and it shows the properties normally.
The only thing I have done is a registry cleanup
with RegCleaner - JV16 powertools - but have done this regularly with no ill
effect and certainly never had this message before.

Did a sfc /scannow & no solution.
Did a system restore - nada.
Replaced the deleted registry values from backup of jv16 PowerTools - no
results.
Did a repair installation & I continue to get the "...handle is invalid.."
message.

I searched the MSKB & found this:
(327699) - Programs that require many NT User handles may stop working when
they reach approximately 10,000 handles. For example, this might occur when
a program tries to use many NetDDE links.

Would this be in any way related to my problem??

TIA,
armando

 

[monkeywrench]

I have the same problem as you, did you ever find a solution?