What is the difference between paths in KLM\SOFTWARE with colons and question marks

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Dario de Judicibus

For which reason some paths in

KEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserDa
ta\S-1-5-18\Components

look like

d:\path....

whereas others look like

d?\path

????

Dario de Judicibus
 
I have seen a couple of c?\path in my registry also. I have no idea.

Make that a boat load of c?\ entries here...
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Components

And some here...
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\
CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-21-1708537768-1580436667-1202660629-
1003\Components

S-1-5-18 is System (or LocalSystem). An identity that is used locally by
the operating system and by services configured to log on as LocalSystem.

S-1-5-21-1708537768-1580436667-1202660629-1003 is me.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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