Re: Registry editing help please

Stan Brown wrote:
Sun, 20 May 2007 08:15:14 -0400 from Clayton Jones
<FakeAddress@xxxxxxxxxx>:
I am getting an error,1606 could not access network location
%USERPROFILE%\My Documents\My Pictures\. When I try to install any
application

I have searched Google and get one hit that I can't figure out what
I must do.

In the Registry key
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User
Shell Folders the Type is REG_SZ but it is supposed to be
REG_EXPAND_SZ. How do I change the Type to what it should be?

While the fix you report sounds plausible, and I don't see any reason
it shouldn't work, there's always risk with the Registry. So please
understand dthat I am answering the question you asked, and not
passing judgment on the wisdom of performing the operation.

That said, I don't believe you can change the type of a value. You
can, however, delete it and then re-create it with the proper type.
Delete should be obvious. To create, right-click in the right-hand
pane, select New, select Expandable String Value.

Thank you Stan.

I was successful in deleting and recreating the key and the errors I
experienced have gone.

Regards.

CJ


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