Re: OT: Adding new Windows registry key?
- From: Rich Grise <rich@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 06 Oct 2005 00:37:38 GMT
On Wed, 05 Oct 2005 09:12:49 +0100, Terry Pinnell wrote:
> I'm not clear about interpreting the following instructions I found
> for making a new key:
> "Navigate to:
> HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer
> Create a new key called: NoDriveTypeAutoRun
> Type is: DWORD
> Value is: 0x000000b5 (181)"
>
> I've entered a new *key* named 'NoDriveTypeAutoRun' in the left hand
> pane. But what do I enter under 'Name' in the right hand side?
> So far, I've added this second line to the existing one (also shown):
>
> Name Type Data
> ----------- ---------- ---------------
> (Default) REG_SZ (value not set)
change this line:
> DWORD REG_DWORD 0x000000b5 (181)
to this:
> DWORD REG_DWORD 0x000000b5
IOW, omit the ' (181)' - that's the decimal value of b5 hex.
When whatever retrieves that tries to parse the value, the
extra characters confuse it. Or maybe it tries a string match,
which will still not work.
Good Luck!
Rich
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