Inkscape

Unexpected RegistryTool message on Windows 7

Bug #627943 reported by Paul A. Bristow on 2010-09-01

This bug affects 3 people

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	Inkscape	Fix Released	Low	jazzynico	Inkscape 0.48.5

Bug Description

C:\Users\Paul>inkscape.com --version>ink1.txt
RegistryTool: Could not set the value 'c:\program files\inkscape\inkscape.exe' <<< ????????????????
C:\Users\Paul>type ink1.txt
Inkscape 0.48.0 r9654 (Aug 16 2010)

But I am puzzled what I need to do to get rid of the message

RegistryTool: Could not set the value 'c:\program files\inkscape\inkscape.exe'

The Inscape Registry tool is described at

http://inkscape.modevia.com/doxygen/html/classRegistryTool.php

But it doesn't give any clues *why* the value is not written.

Anyone know if or what permissions are missing? (Inkscape 0.48 using Windows 7 Ult - with Data execution Protection ON).

Doesn't seem to have bad effects, but doesn't look nice!

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Related branches

lp:~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk

lp:inkscape/0.48.x

su_v (suv-lp) on 2010-09-01

tags:

added: win32

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jazzynico (jazzynico) wrote on 2010-09-01:

Not reproduced on Windows XP, Inkscape 0.48 (uncompressed archive; inkscape.com was forgotten in the official installer package).
Is there another older inkscape version installed on this computer?

Changed in inkscape:
importance:	Undecided → Low

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Paul A. Bristow (pbristow) wrote on 2010-09-01:

No older versions I believe, un-installed 0.47 and then installed 0.48 with the installer.

I only have one copy of inkscape.exe and .com in C:\program files\inkscape\

There are a few entries in the registry like this.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Adobe.SVGCtl\shell\Inkscape\command]
@="\"C:\\Program Files\\Inkscape\\Inkscape.exe\" \"%1\""

Sounds Windows 7 related?

Any ideas what value it is trying to write?

Is it for noting recently used files?

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su_v (suv-lp) wrote on 2010-09-01:

@JazzyNico:

> inkscape.com was forgotten in the official installer package

Can you backport rev. 9730 to the 0.48.x branch? It adds 'inkscape.com' to the NSIS script file.
<http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk/revision/9730>

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jazzynico (jazzynico) wrote on 2010-09-02:

> Can you backport rev. 9730 to the 0.48.x branch?

Done in 0.48.x revision 9665. Thanks for the reminder!

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jazzynico (jazzynico) wrote on 2013-02-21:

Confirmed by duplicate bug #1085023 "Inkscape try to write to Registry HKLM at Win7".

summary:	- Unexpected message RegistryTool: Could not set the value 'c:\program > - files\inkscape\inkscape.exe' + Unexpected RegistryTool message on Windows 7
Changed in inkscape:
assignee:	nobody → JazzyNico (jazzynico)
status:	New → In Progress

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pb au (pb2au) wrote on 2013-03-09:

Try opening the Command Prompt as Administrator. Within Windows 7, right-click on 'Command Prompt' and select 'Run as Administrator'

I am using Windows 7 and Inkscape v0.48. This solved the above issue for me.

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Dirk Speidel (dirk-speidel) wrote on 2013-03-20:

Nice workaround but not new to me.
The target shall be that it is working in current environment without any error messages.
And the current environment is Windows 7 / Windows 8 with more restricted user right settings that the Windows version before.

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jazzynico (jazzynico) wrote on 2013-10-07: