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    Windows 7 Local_Machine Software Installer Userdata Registry Question

    Try using quotation marks around C?\ to force the search to use the entry as a text string "C?\" You still will not find many entries, but you will find a few dating back to Windows XP System Registry errors.
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    Windows 7 Local_Machine Software Installer Userdata Registry Question

    Registry Boosters, including Uniblue, do not locate or correct the type of errors described in this thread (C?/ ). I tried to contact Uniblue and Piriform(CCleaner) to get help on the issue, but no response. Otherwise, I agree with your recommendation of Uniblue Registry Booster. Using the...
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    Windows 7 Local_Machine Software Installer Userdata Registry Question

    FYI - I talked to Customer Support from Flexere Software, the Vendor that produces InstallShield (ARPPRODUCTICON.EXE), which is the software that Application Vendors (such as Roxio) use to create the installers for their software applications. Apparently, the problem lies with the application...
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    Windows 7 Local_Machine Software Installer Userdata Registry Question

    The registry errors exist even with a clean install of Windows 7 and Office 2007 on a new hard drive on a Stand-alone computer that is not connected to a network (even some of Windows/Office TTF files have registry errors). These registry errors are created in the absence of any anti-virus...
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    Windows 7 Local_Machine Software Installer Userdata Registry Question

    No need to apoligize for the guesses. This issue has been bugging me for months. Any constructive input is appreciated. Disk Management shows the correct drive letter for the OS HKLM\System\mounteddevices displays the C:\drive correctly in the DosDevices section The hivelist may hold some...
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    Windows 7 Local_Machine Software Installer Userdata Registry Question

    No need to apoligize for the guesses. This issue has been bugging me for months. Any constructive input is appreciated. Disk Management shows the correct drive letter for the OS HKLM\System\mounteddevices displays the C:\drive correctly in the DosDevices section The hivelist may hold some...
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    Windows 7 Local_Machine Software Installer Userdata Registry Question

    Registry Cleaners that did not find the corrupted registry keys: CCleaner, Uniblue Registry Booster, Norton Utilities and MS on-line Live OneCare security scanner. The initial error message that led me to the corrupted keys were displayed in the Roxio application ("skin files not found"). They...
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    Windows 7 Local_Machine Software Installer Userdata Registry Question

    Registry Cleaners that did not find the corrupted registry keys: CCleaner, Uniblue Registry Booster, Norton Utilities and MS on-line Live OneCare security scanner. The initial error message that led me to the corrupted keys were displayed in the Roxio application ("skin files not found"). They...
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    Windows 7 Local_Machine Software Installer Userdata Registry Question

    Location HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\WINDOWS\CURRENTVERSION\INSTALLER\USERDATA\... Installed Windows 7 Pro 64-bit on Desktop PC...Sept 18th, 2010 · Intel Duo-Core, 8 GB (Kingston) RAM, ATI Radeon HD 4600, Western Digital 400 MB 7200 RPM SATA 16 MB Cache · NOT...
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    Windows 7 Local_Machine Software Installer Userdata Registry Question

    Registry keys under HKLM/Software/.../Installer/Components/Userdata contain approximately 1,500 data value entries where the colon in the path has been replaced by a question mark (C?\). These registry keys seem to be primarly associated with media file types. The C?\ entries are generated by...
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