[jira] [Created] (NETBEANS-2523) Netbeans 64-bit creates invalid nomodify value in windows registry for years

["Joseph Szabo (JIRA)" <ji...@apache.org>]

Joseph Szabo created NETBEANS-2523:
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             Summary: Netbeans 64-bit creates invalid nomodify value in windows registry for years
                 Key: NETBEANS-2523
                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-2523
             Project: NetBeans
          Issue Type: Bug
            Reporter: Joseph Szabo


See [https://netbeans.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=251538]

Netbeans 64 bit installer creates a 64 bit integer in what is supposed to be a 32 bit dword in the registry, which becomes an invalid value.

 

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\nbi-nb-base-8.2.0.0.201609300101]
"NoModify"=hex(4):01,00,00,00,00,00,00,00

 

Netbeans prevents powershell from listing registry uninstall keys in windows:
get-itemproperty hklm:\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\uninstall\*

...

get-itemproperty : Specified cast is not valid.
At line:1 char:1
+ get-itemproperty hklm:\software\microsoft\windows\currentversion\unin ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Get-ItemProperty], InvalidCastException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.InvalidCastException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetItemPropertyCommand



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