In Windows 7, the registry system shows C? ------entries rather than C:\

I noticed that some of the entries in the Win 7 Pro 64-bit registry system) have values of path beginning with C? ------(: replaced by?).  I know that the jokers are used as variables, but I wasn't aware of this type of use of '?

.. just curious to know what means this entry type.

Thank you

greygeek

The quick fix for this is to export the following key using RegEdit:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer
Save it as:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE-Software-Microsoft-Windows-CurrentVersion-Installer.reg
Then load the RegFile in Notepad and do a replace operation:
Search: C? \
Replace by: C:\
unless you Win 8:
Search: C:\?
Replace by: C:\
Then save the RegFile as:
FIXED.reg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE-Software-Microsoft-Windows-CurrentVersion-Installer
and click (or double-click) top to enter fixed data in the registry.
I myself found 2003 bad entries but fixed the lot in seconds!

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