Re: Delete Registry Key, Has No Security Tab
- From: To Old To . . . <ToOldTo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 18:54:00 -0700
Thanks Steve for the reply. I was able to do a recovery on a deleted restore
point from 3 weeks ago and used it. After I installed it the bad key in ENUM
was gone and Device Manager was back. Looking at the bad key, it had four
(NUL) characters at the end and with out any security tab avaliable it made
it impossible to delete. I just delivered it to the client.
I wish I had an easier way to delete the key. BartPE, Offline Registry
Editor and
dellNulKey could not delete it either, it could see the key but when it went
to delete it it said it could not be found. My thoughts are that a program
written with a Win API created this, and there should be a ways to delete it.
Thanks Again.
"Steven L Umbach" wrote:
Ouch. The only other place to check is to see if what is in the.
\windows\repair folder can help though it may be the registry files from the
original install.
Steve
"To Old To . . ." <ToOldTo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I do not have any system restore points, Microsoft suggested I do an
inplace
repair and it remove previous restore points.
"Steven L Umbach" wrote:
See if the following KB article helps as it shows how to copy registry
files
from System Restore snapshots to restore the registry. I have done it
several times with good results for systems with registry corruption
problems.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545
Steve
"To Old To . . ." <ToOldTo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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This is XP Pro. Cannot delete in safe mode or diagnostic mode. This key
is
the first key in ENUM so the device manager is blank. Tried to do a
restore
point back to a week earlier, no help. Tried to do an inplace OS
repair,
stops at 33 minutes, log reports unable to read Enum. Found this key,
that
I
can not delete as there is no security tab. If possible it looks like
my
only
choice is to somehow export the registry, which will not export this
key
because it does not have permissions, then load up the new exported
registry.
I have searched for days and have not found anyway to delete this key.
Or
if
I could edit a restore point registry and then restore it that way. Not
sure
how to continue at this point. I purchase a case with Microsoft, but
the 3
techs I talked to had less knowledge about this problem than I do. I
have
tried there fixes which were basic stuff and no help. I am at a loss
here.
Any suggestions would be helpful.
"Malke" wrote:
To Old To . . . wrote:
Unable to delete a registry Key. I cannot change the permissions
because it
will not display on this key. I cannot take ownership either. How
can I
delete this key.
Thank you for your help
If this is XP Home, try from Safe Mode. To get into Safe Mode, boot
the
computer into Safe Mode. Do this by repeatedly tapping the F8 key as
the
computer is starting up. This will get you to the right menu. Navigate
using your Up arrow key; the mouse will not work here.
Malke
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