Re^2: How to escape space in registry path?

Thanks for your quick response. I double checked my code, I made mistake when paste code to the post, but not in my original code. I tried your keys, it works for me either. I tried many different keys, all works but all keys under "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Updates", including several keys like:"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Updates/UpdateExeVolatile", no space in it; "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Updates/Windows Server 2003". I don't know why...I refreshed and didn't work. Apparently it's not related to the white space.

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Re^3: How to escape space in registry path? (reason) by tye (Sage) on Nov 20, 2012 at 15:34 UTC
I don't know why If you want to know why, then reporting $^E upon failure is the best next step. - tye	[reply]
Re^4: How to escape space in registry path? (reason) by anaconda_wly (Scribe) on Nov 20, 2012 at 21:01 UTC
The $^E says "The system could not find the environment option that was entered."	[reply]
Re^5: How to escape space in registry path? (reason) by marto (Cardinal) on Nov 21, 2012 at 09:51 UTC
A google search for the error message and the OS details returns some promising suggestions. Perhaps you should investigate if any of these resolve your issue.	[reply]