Registry keys with spaces - still an issue

[SisterOfMercy]

A registry key with spaces cannot be opened when run in a 64-bit process.

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DefVar $Administrator_SID$
DefVar $escUserProfile$
Set $Administrator_SID$ = GetUserSID("Administrator")
Set $escUserProfile$ = "%" + "USERPROFILE" + "%"
Registry_local_admin_folders /SysNative

[Registry_local_admin_folders]
openkey [HKEY_USERS\$Administrator_SID$\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders]
set "Desktop" = REG_EXPAND_SZ:"$escUserProfile$\Desktop"
set "Personal" = REG_EXPAND_SZ:"$escUserProfile$\My Documents"

Running the Registry_local_admin_folders with the /64Bit parameter the results are the same.

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[5] [Jun 10 00:13:10:516] [gce-settings]     Execution of Registry_local_admin_folders
[5] [Jun 10 00:13:10:516] [gce-settings]       Error: Registry key [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-538005352-711716544-1927554804-500\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders]   could not be opened by RegCreateKeyEx,  Errorno: 87 "The parameter is incorrect.<"
[5] [Jun 10 00:13:10:516] [gce-settings]                   Error: Variable "Desktop"  could not be set  
[5] [Jun 10 00:13:10:516] [gce-settings]                   Error: Variable "Personal"  could not be set  

I've once opened a topic, but I didn't explain it very well back then: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=4951

[n.wenselowski]

Hi SisterOfMercy,

thank you for bringing this to our attention - again!

I've once opened a topic, but I didn't explain it very well back then: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=4951

I did open an internal ticket referencing to this with your proposed fix attached.
I assume that there probably will be more lines that need a fix like the one in the old topic applied.


With kind regards

Niko

[schmitz]

Hello SisterOfMercy,

there was a problem with spaces in registry keys which was fixed some time ago but I think your error is of a different kind. I could reproduce it and it seems to depend on paths and permissions:
[HKEY_USERS\.Default\User Shell Folders] and [HKEY_USERS\.Default\UserShellFolders] work fine for me since HKEY_USERS\.Default already exists, whereas
[HKEY_USERS\User Shell Folders] and [HKEY_USERS\UserShellFolders] produce your error.
Maybe your HKEY_USERS\$Administrator_SID$ does not exist and you do not have the permission to create it; that might be the reason why

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openkey [HKEY_USERS\$Administrator_SID$\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\User Shell Folders]

fails.
Please check this if you are still on the case

Kind regards
Anja