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NickOn
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HKCR cannot be captured in version 4.6.1 - Error: Unknown registry base subkey HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT

Usually I used two bat-scripts to scan this hive.

START.bat

snapshot start.snapshot HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT

END.bat
snapshot end.snapshot HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT
snapshot start.snapshot -diffprint end.snapshot

So I see in console:

Error: Unknown registry base subkey HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT

What is the way to scan this hive?

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pbjork
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Are they not also located in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID ??

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pbjork
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Why would you like to capture HKCR? HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT is a merged view of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Classes and HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes which we capture during the normal Setup Capture process..

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NickOn
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Ok. But two things:

1) I might be wrong but I think there is some unique (not only merged) data in this hive.

2) And this feature was present so why it is cut out now?

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pbjork
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1. Could you provide examples of what is not captured with our normal procedure?

2. I wasn't even aware you could capture HKCR in that way and therefore cannot say why it’s not working now. Hope someone else here can share some light on the subject.

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What about HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT/CLSID/

It contains unique id for ActiveX components. Other hives do not have those IDs.

Or I'm wrong?

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pbjork
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Are they not also located in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID ??

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NickOn
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I think you are right. Thank you!

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