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Ghoulish Delight · 02-03-2011, 04:28 PM

Wow, I thought I'd written a response to your post.

If it has been identified as, the info in the link you gave should have done the trick. Did it work?

Now my question. I don't really expect anyone to know the answer to this, it's rather esoteric, but I'm hoping for one of those moments of, 'Oh fvck, while writing it out I realized the key thing I've been missing.' Because this is driving me nuts.

I'm using a python library (_winreg) to read values from the windows registry on Windows 2008 R2. It's a very straight forward thing to do. Basically, open a connection to the registry [e.g. reg=Connect(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE)], then open a connection to a specific key [e.g. key=(reg,'SOFTWARE\\Emulex)]

So, here's what's driving me bonkers.

I am trying to reference a key that's under the HKLM\SOFTWARE key. as in my example above. It won't let me. It says it doesn't exist. But when I look at regedit, it's there. Here's the crazy part. If I look at regedit, I see the following:

HKLM
-SOFTWARE
--ATI Technologies
--Classes
--Clients
--Emulex
--Microsoft
--ODBC
--Policies
--RegisteredApplications
--Tarma Installer
--Wow6432Node

But, if, using the python library I connect to HKLM\\SOFTWARE, list all of the keys that are under it, all I get is:

'Microsoft'
'ODBC'
'Python'
'Classes'
'Clients'
'Policies'

WTF? Why can I only see those 6?! Where the fvck are the other 10??

Also pissing me off is the fact that this works just fine on 6 other systems, including another Windows 2008 R2 system.

And, of course, the one person here that I know could help me is out for Tet until Monday. Grrrrr.

Ghoulish Delight · 02-03-2011, 04:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

but I'm hoping for one of those moments of, 'Oh fvck, while writing it out I realized the key thing I've been missing.'

Well, technically the moment happened AFTER I wrote it out, not while, but

still applies

Kevy Baby · 02-03-2011, 06:58 PM

Sorry, but this is about as much of your question that I read before I realized that I had nothing to offer:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

I'm using a python library (_winreg)...

02-03-2011, 04:28 PM	#1
Ghoulish Delight I Floop the Pig Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Alternative Swankstyle Posts: 19,348	Wow, I thought I'd written a response to your post. If it has been identified as, the info in the link you gave should have done the trick. Did it work? Now my question. I don't really expect anyone to know the answer to this, it's rather esoteric, but I'm hoping for one of those moments of, 'Oh fvck, while writing it out I realized the key thing I've been missing.' Because this is driving me nuts. I'm using a python library (_winreg) to read values from the windows registry on Windows 2008 R2. It's a very straight forward thing to do. Basically, open a connection to the registry [e.g. reg=Connect(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE)], then open a connection to a specific key [e.g. key=(reg,'SOFTWARE\\Emulex)] So, here's what's driving me bonkers. I am trying to reference a key that's under the HKLM\SOFTWARE key. as in my example above. It won't let me. It says it doesn't exist. But when I look at regedit, it's there. Here's the crazy part. If I look at regedit, I see the following: HKLM -SOFTWARE --ATI Technologies --Classes --Clients --Emulex --Microsoft --ODBC --Policies --RegisteredApplications --Tarma Installer --Wow6432Node But, if, using the python library I connect to HKLM\\SOFTWARE, list all of the keys that are under it, all I get is: 'Microsoft' 'ODBC' 'Python' 'Classes' 'Clients' 'Policies' WTF? Why can I only see those 6?! Where the fvck are the other 10?? Also pissing me off is the fact that this works just fine on 6 other systems, including another Windows 2008 R2 system. And, of course, the one person here that I know could help me is out for Tet until Monday. Grrrrr. __________________ 'He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me.' -TJ
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