#2097: bug in regEnumKeys (System.Win32.Registry)
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 Reporter:  MagnusTherning     |          Owner:  igloo  
     Type:  merge              |         Status:  new    
 Priority:  normal             |      Milestone:  6.8.3  
Component:  libraries (other)  |        Version:  6.8.2  
 Severity:  normal             |     Resolution:         
 Keywords:                     |     Difficulty:  Unknown
 Testcase:                     |   Architecture:  Unknown
       Os:  Windows            |  
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Comment (by MagnusTherning):

 Replying to [comment:5 igloo]:
 > Fixed:
 > {{{
 > Sun Apr  6 21:50:51 BST 2008  Ian Lynagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
 >   * malloc a big enough buffer for the registry functions. Fixes trac
 #2097.
 >   We were mallocing a byte per tchar, but tchars are normally 2 bytes
 big...
 >   I think they are at most 4 bytes, so we now malloc 4 * #tchars. Not
 sure
 >   if there is a proper function I should be using for this?
 > }}}

 One way to be sure is to switch to using wide characters explicitly, i.e.
 to use RegOpenKeyExW rather than RegOpenKeyEx.

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