When installing MSI's on our Windows XP systems, I noticed something strange. In HKCR\CLSID\{GUID}\LocalServer there is a value (Default) with data pointing to an exe or dll. This is normal. But there also is a value LocalServer with data that doesn't seem to make any sense.
For instance
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, Aug 24 2004 10:22
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Posted 24 August 2004 - 10:22
| CODE |
| [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{09E767A6-4481-4791-86A5-A739E5290E4C}\LocalServer32] @="C:\\PROGRA~1\\MSOFFICE\\Office10\\MSTORDB.EXE" "LocalServer32"=hex(7):2b,00,75,00,31,00,42,00,56,00,6e,00,2d,00,7d,00,66,00,\ 28,00,59,00,52,00,5d,00,65,00,41,00,52,00,36,00,2e,00,6a,00,69,00,43,00,41,\ 00,47,00,46,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,73,00,3e,00,73,00,2a,00,6a,00,4d,00,6a,00,\ 2d,00,5e,00,21,00,67,00,28,00,35,00,2d,00,6f,00,2e,00,51,00,5e,00,35,00,67,\ 00,47,00,54,00,00,00,2e,00,2c,00,51,00,42,00,56,00,6e,00,2d,00,7d,00,66,00,\ 28,00,59,00,52,00,5d,00,65,00,41,00,52,00,36,00,2e,00,6a,00,69,00,43,00,41,\ 00,47,00,46,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,73,00,3e,00,73,00,2a,00,6a,00,4d,00,6a,00,\ 2d,00,5e,00,21,00,67,00,28,00,35,00,2d,00,6f,00,2e,00,51,00,5e,00,35,00,67,\ 00,47,00,54,00,00,00,31,00,39,00,64,00,42,00,56,00,6e,00,2d,00,7d,00,66,00,\ 28,00,59,00,52,00,5d,00,65,00,41,00,52,00,36,00,2e,00,6a,00,69,00,43,00,41,\ 00,47,00,46,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,73,00,3e,00,73,00,2a,00,6a,00,4d,00,6a,00,\ 2d,00,5e,00,21,00,67,00,28,00,35,00,2d,00,6f,00,2e,00,51,00,5e,00,35,00,67,\ 00,47,00,54,00,00,00,2c,00,7b,00,3d,00,42,00,56,00,6e,00,2d,00,7d,00,66,00,\ 28,00,59,00,52,00,5d,00,65,00,41,00,52,00,36,00,2e,00,6a,00,69,00,43,00,41,\ 00,47,00,46,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,73,00,3e,00,73,00,2a,00,6a,00,4d,00,6a,00,\ 2d,00,5e,00,21,00,67,00,28,00,35,00,2d,00,6f,00,2e,00,51,00,5e,00,35,00,67,\ 00,47,00,54,00,00,00,32,00,43,00,6d,00,42,00,56,00,6e,00,2d,00,7d,00,66,00,\ 28,00,59,00,52,00,5d,00,65,00,41,00,52,00,36,00,2e,00,6a,00,69,00,43,00,41,\ 00,47,00,46,00,69,00,6c,00,65,00,73,00,3e,00,73,00,2a,00,6a,00,4d,00,6a,00,\ 2d,00,5e,00,21,00,67,00,28,00,35,00,2d,00,6f,00,2e,00,51,00,5e,00,35,00,67,\ 00,47,00,54,00,00,00,00,00 |
This hex code looks like
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| +u1BVn-}f(YR]eAR6.jiCAGFiles>s*jMj-^!g(5-o.Q^5gGT .,QBVn-}f(YR]eAR6.jiCAGFiles>s*jMj-^!g(5-o.Q^5gGT 19dBVn-}f(YR]eAR6.jiCAGFiles>s*jMj-^!g(5-o.Q^5gGT ,{=BVn-}f(YR]eAR6.jiCAGFiles>s*jMj-^!g(5-o.Q^5gGT 2CmBVn-}f(YR]eAR6.jiCAGFiles>s*jMj-^!g(5-o.Q^5gGT |
This seems to happen for all (MSI based) CLSID's on these XP installations. It also occurs for InProcServer entries. Does anyone have any clue what might be causing this?
Edited by comecme, 24 August 2004 - 10:26.
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Posted 24 August 2004 - 17:28
Windows Installer adds this extra information to support install-on-demand and auto-repair.
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Posted 09 September 2004 - 16:01
Ya thats right .... this is the darwin descriptor (advertising info) used for self -repairs when a keypath goes missing......