Re: corrupt key?

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In microsoft.public.win2000.registry Barry wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Anyone know of a way to fix this? I can't navigate to a certain
> key in regedit. I get "Error opening key". So, i assume it was a
> permissions problem. In regedt32 Ican't see the permissions at
> all. Fine, I'll take ownership. trying to take ownershp gives
> the error "Registry editor could not set owner on this key or
> some of its subkeys". I cant force permissions down either so
> I'm kinda stuck with deleting this key.
>
> Annoyingly its part of some piece of software that needs to be
> uninstalled, and the uninstaller keeps cashing as it can't
> delete that key.

Naming or researching on the specific software involved may help.
Where is this key located?
Are you certain that no active process is accessing it? Regmon for
Sysinternals may help with that.
Have you tried running regedt32 under the SYSTEM account? (though
it does not sound like that will help).

> Any ideas? Is there some secret MS app for clearing unmovable
> rubbish out of the reg?

If, as Dave said, it is actual corruption, I know of no safe method
to fix it. Can you restore from backup hive file?

.

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