Saturday, September 7, 2019

MakeCert.exe Error: CryptCertStrToNameW failed => 0x80092023 (-2146885597) fix

If you getting the following error using makecert.exe ? 

Error: CryptCertStrToNameW failed => 0x80092023 (-2146885597)









Make sure the default location for makecert.exe  c:\windows\System32 or your output directory does not contain the same .cer or .pvk file you are trying to generate. makecert.exe does not overwrite those files.

Friday, September 6, 2019

PowerToys for Windows 10 Released

Power Toys for Windows 10 is now available!



Power Toys was originally released for Windows 95 but is now being re-developed for Windows 10. 

Power Toys:  FancyZones and Shortcut Guide.
Another open-source Microsoft Project at https://github.com/microsoft/PowerToys/releases



Also, hot of the press and just released my Clipboard Plaintext PowerTool!














Thursday, September 5, 2019

Windows 7 Registry Type Frequency Counts

How many Windows Registry Types are there and what are their counts? 


Here's a Windows Registry Types frequency counts for a typical old Windows 7 machine with Office installed.




































These are all the windows registry types that appear in .reg file; 


"value"
alias hex(1)
Default or blankString value data with escape characters
hex
alias hex(3)
REG_BINARYBinary data (any arbitrary data)
dword
alias hex(4)
REG_DWORDA 32-bit unsigned integer coded in little-endian format
hex(0)REG_NONENo type (the stored value, if any)
hex(1)REG_SZA string value, normally stored and exposed in UTF-16LE (when using the Unicode version of Win32 API functions), usually terminated by a NUL character
hex(2)EXPAND_SZAn “expandable” string value that can contain environment variables, normally stored and exposed in UTF-16LE, usually terminated by a NUL character
hex(3)REG_BINARYBinary data (any arbitrary data) including variable byte encoded UTF8 values
hex(4)REG_DWORD_LITTLE_ENDIAN
equivalent to
 REG_DWORD 
A 32-bit unsigned integer coded in little-endian format
hex(5)REG_DWORD_BIG_ENDIANA 32-bit unsigned integer coded in big-endian format
hex(6)REG_LINKA symbolic link (UNICODE) to another Registry key, specifying a root key and the path to the target key
hex(7)REG_MULTI_SZA multi-string value, which is an ordered list of non-empty strings, normally stored and exposed in UTF-16LE, each one terminated by a NUL character, the list being normally terminated by a second NUL character.
hex(8)REG_RESOURCE_LISTA resource list
hex(9)REG_FULL_RESOURCE_DESCRIPTORA resource descriptor
hex(a)REG_RESOURCE_REQUIREMENTS_LISTA resource requirements list
hex(b)REG_QWORD_LITTLE_ENDIAN
equivalent to
 REG_QWORD 
A 64-bit integer little-endian (introduced in Windows XP)


New 2026! Decode all these values using 💻 RegToText - Registry to Text Utility


Sources:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-ca/help/310516