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Windows Repair All In One Reset Registry Permissions Crash Problem

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Shane:
Lets see if we can trace which hive under hkey local machine that has the problem.

Try this, grab my reg compressor
http://www.tweaking.com/content/page/tweaking_com_registry_compressor.html

Open it an just click 1. analyze, dont worry about 2. compressing.

What this does is it use the Windows API to read the registry hives to new files (Same API as the fall back backup method in the registry backup program when VSS fails). Run it and see if it has problems with any of the hives. The one that give you problems will be the hive your looking for :wink:

Shane

w8sdz:
I ran Registry Compressor (Analyze) as you instructed. It completed without error. The program is still open - should I go ahead with Compress?

What determines the permissions of the new registry files that are created? If it is based on the original that could be a problem, but if it does "the right thing" it could resolve my problem by fixing some obscure problem with the original permissions.

w8sdz:
I decided to take a chance and completed the registry compression. After a reboot I then ran the latest portable version of Windows Repair and selected only Reset Registry Permissions. This time in Normal Mode, not Safe Mode. It completed without error and instructed me to reboot. I did so and everything works. Not sure what fixed this unless the Compressor tool does the right thing in setting permissions no matter what the originals were.

BTW, I did not answer your question about checking for bad disk sectors. I did that before running the original test I reported. I also checked the NTFS status - it showed Clean.

I guess we can close this thread. I'll watch for your reply. Thanks for guiding me on this problem.

Shane:
The compressor simply writes the registry to new files, including its current permissions.

It uses an API call, I think I know what happened.

The permissions tool tried to set permissions on a corrupt key, system crashed.
The compressor asks Windows to write the reg to new files, thus the corrupt keys are skipped.

Kinda cool when you think about it lol

Shane

w8sdz:
Shane, that's good to know. Perhaps the Reset Permissions part of the tool should offer to remake the registry to remove corrupt keys as an option. It could even be an optional first step prior to the present Reset Registry at the top of the options tree.

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