[triadtechtalk] Re: RegOpenKeyEx: The handle is Invalid
- From: avbsantos@xxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: triadtechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 19:08:58 -0800 (PST)
Sorry to hear it didn't work, I had guessed it
wouldn't, but nothing ventured - nothing gained, eh?
Happy Holidays, Sandy, to you & your dear family &
compatriots...and to all those who read this, my most
sincere wishes for peace and prosperity. "God bless us
all!"
armando 8)
The difference between a mountain and a molehill is
your perspective. ~Al Neuharth
On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 13:50:03 +1100, "Sandy O'Neill"
wrote:
Hi again Armando. I did the repair
install and it didnt help, the error message was still
there. Also, my internet
connection had gone. Seeing as though it didnt fix the
problem, I then did a
restore with Drive Image which took me back to 1.00 am
this morning so have lost
all this morning's emails etc but at least I have my
connection back. I think
the only next step will be a reformat. Maybe I'll do
that in the holidays.
Thanks for all your time and effort with this one, its
much appreciated. Sandy
:)
----- Original Message -----
From:
A.
Barreiro-Santos
To: TTT
Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 11:03
AM
Subject: [triadtechtalk] Re:
RegOpenKeyEx: The handle is Invalid
Sandy, if your installation
of Britannica was successful, the problem must have
arisen prior to this
addition of this new application, as you already
suspected. You could try
unistalling it & see if that helps. It's all in the
nature of the
beast - Windows.
jv16 Power Tools when started will give you the
"clean registry" option
among others...Under "tools" it shows all the backups
it has made for each
time you used the program. Try restoring the next
freshest backup and check
for changes. Continue doing this till you exhuast all
possibilities. Remember
you can always use it to clean up anew. It also has a
backup tool. Use
it.
I'm thinking that if when you previously right
clicked and chose
"properties" for "My Computer" the error surfaced,
yet now it does not, then
restoring previous backups may perhaps re-enable the
entire "properties"
functions.
The knowledge base for XP will not render any
additional info re this
problem you are encountering - "RegOpenKeyEx: The
handle is
Invalid"
I've posted to a XP help group and I've indicated to
you what they
offered, which was the "what else does the event
viewer show"? Another
participant suggested repairing IE. I don't think
that will work, but you can
try it.
Should something else arise as a possible solution
you'll be the second
one to know. For the time being you can make do -
though this
annoyance may be troublesome it doesn't impede your
use of XP.
Other than that, I can only suggest to do a repair
install of
XP.(EUCH!)
Sorry I couldn't help.
And to think M$ is already planning to deploy
"longhorn", yet all
this is still going on with XP??? It won't be long
before they
discontinue support for XP too, not that they ever
offered much for
it anyway.
BTW, Longhorn bootleg copies are readily available on
the streets of
Thailand, should you want to get a copy.(LOL)
armando
"Sandy O'Neill"
<muruagogo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Re:RegOpenKeyEx: The handle
is Invalid
Hi Armando and all, Sorry I have not replied sooner
but I had no responses
from anyone and then bingo they all came in just now,
all in one go!
Yes I did try to restore a RegCleaner (JV16 Powertools)
backup but it didnt
work. Mind you, I tried the last backup it did, however
I dont really know
how long I have had the problem because I dont need to
click on properties
very often. I was installing Britannica 2004 and I was
following the
specific instructions to see if I had enough room. That
was when I
discovered the error message.
I do have a bit of further information though. Now,
when I right click and
chose properties on, say, My Computer, it works
properly. On other things,
it doesnt work properly, will bring up the error
message and then work as
normal. So, I dont quite know why it now does that
because when I first
noticed the problem, it occurred on everything and, of
course, the first
place I noticed it was on "My Computer". So, whether
the RegCleaner backup I
used, or whether even the scannow, did something, I
dont know.
Thanks for everyone's input. And yes, I do also use the
Microsoft RegClean.
It seems to work okay, hasnt caused any problems that I
know of and seems a
pretty innocuous little programme (famous last words
.... !!). And yes
Armando, I use XP Home.
Sandy :)
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