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From: acira (acira_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/30/04 

Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 12:13:03 -0800

I'm unable to delete a registry value:
HKLM\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\registration\*playmc

This runs the following command:
c:\winnt\registration\playmc.exe rerun

Can't delete this file because of sharing violation. If I terminate the
service in system manager, it respawns. I want to kill this service and
delete the program. Any suggestions would help.

Thanks, Andrew

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