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- Title: REGEDIT May Not Be Able to Import Registry with Large Keys
- Document Number: Q132064 Publ Date: 16-OCT-1995
- Product Name: Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
- Product Version: 95
- Operating System: WINDOWS
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- The information in this article applies to:
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- - Microsoft Windows 95
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- SYMPTOMS
- ========
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- When you try to import the registry using Registry Editor (REGEDIT.EXE) in
- real mode, you may receive either of the following error messages:
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- - Unable to open registry (14) - SYSTEM.DAT
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- - Error accessing the registry: The file may not be complete.
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- CAUSE
- =====
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- The real-mode stub of REGEDIT.EXE has the ability to export, import, and
- create registry files. REGEDIT.EXE uses the internal real-mode registry
- library to accomplish these tasks. The real-mode code in this library has
- certain problems with large registry files.
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- For example, if there are many applications installed, HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
- may be quite large. If one of the structures in the SYSTEM.DAT file takes
- up too much space in conventional memory, the registry cannot be accessed.
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- RESOLUTION
- ==========
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- To work around this problem, use Registry Editor in protected mode.
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- STATUS
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- Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 95. We
- are researching this problem and will post new information here in the
- Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
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- KBCategory: kbusage kbtool kberrmsg
- KBSubcategory: wpp95 win95
- Additional reference words: 95
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- COPYRIGHT Microsoft Corporation, 1995.
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