[Libguestfs] [PATCH 1/7] Add a minimal hive with "special" keys and values

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 12:10:59PM -0500, Alex Nelson wrote:
> Hi Hilko,
> 
> Thanks a lot for creating this test hive!
> 
> I think another thing that will trip up Registry programs is value names
> that include back slashes. For example, under the System hive, the key
> "\MountedDevices" has child values with names like "\DosDevices\C:" (the
> leading backslash is a part of the value name).  There are many other
> values that include backslashes.  I don't think I have any keys that have
> backslash-carrying names, but I haven't tested that extensively.
> 
> Have these values caused enough troubles to warrant another test hive?

Backslash characters aren't special for the C hivex API.

If you use the Perl Win::Hivex::Regedit API you'll probably have
trouble trying to import or export them.

Rich.

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