Invalid WOW entries

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  1. ian82

    ian82 MDL Expert

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    Leave the thing alone. 32bit application such as Autoruns will not see those "invalid" entries (files) in %windir%\syswow64 directory.
     
  3. ian82

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    oh crap, I deleted them, guess it's time to format
     
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    #4 vymrdal, Feb 25, 2013
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    Well just put those entries back manually according to the screenshot. The correct entries also should still be present in the same place under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\ControlSet002 (or 003, etc.)

    And please avoid "optimizing" registry, esp. on fresh installed Windows. All these optimizer tools do more harm than good!
     
  5. Tito

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    Well said.

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  6. ian82

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    sorry bro I'm a n00b, can you tell me how to do this?

    thanks
     
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  8. BigW

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    Well a member with 220 posts hasn't grasped the concept of the registry in Windows? :hypo: Under what rock have you been since 1995?

    Don't feed this troll!