JV16 creating registry junk

michelney

For the past few weeks only, when I run Power Tools Registry Cleaner, a large number (100 plus) registry entries similar to these are created apparently when Power Tools is started, from the date/time stamp on the entries.

The entries are rated neglibable risk, and described as "useless registry entry". I repeat , this has only started recently.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\UserAssist\{75048700-EF1F-11D0-9888-006097DEACF9}\Count\HRZR_EHACNGU VAT Nhfgenyvn Vairfgzrag Vafhenapr : N/A

HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-507921405-1284227242-682003330-1004\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\UserAssist\{75048700-EF1F-11D0-9888-006097DEACF9}\Count\HRZR_EHACNGU VAT Nhfgenyvn Vairfgzrag Vafhenapr : N/A

This is a nuisance even if it causes no problem, because it extends the clean time by several minutes.

Is this a fault or new bug in Power Tools

tullik

Those "HRZR_" items are encrypted (rot-13) entries created by Microsoft Windows.

{5E6AB780-7743-11CF-A12B-00AA004AE837} is for Microsoft's Internet toolbar and

{75048700-EF1F-11D0-9888-006097DEACF9} is for Active Desktop.

Rot-13 (short for rotate 13) is a simple letter substitution encryption scheme. It works by replacing the current letters

in a message with those that are 13 positions ahead in the alphabet. The letter a is replaced by n, b by o, c by p, etc.

Numbers and punctuation are not encoded.

PT2007 no longer lists these items unless an entry's path "does not exist."

Neither does the current version (1.5.2.350) of PT2006.

It sounds like you may be using a back level version of PT2006. Better double check your version with "Help --> About ..."

If you are actually running the current Beta version of PT2007, then I guess it is a bug ...

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Incidentally, your example in plain text:

HRZR_EHACNGU VAT Nhfgenyvn Vairfgzrag Vafhenapr EQUALS

UEME_RUNPATH ING Australia Investment Insurance

redseujac

Well,

1) If you are betatesting PT 2007 then it's the wrong place to post your feedback!

Pleace read this sticky first and then post your testing reports and feedback in the appropriate topic jv16 PowerTools 2007 Beta5 released here :

2) If you are running PT 2006 then it's the wrong place to post your problems with PT 2006 too, because you're posting under PT 2007 :