Hi Jochen,

thanks for pointing this out! I already have a created bugfix for this, 
which then will be available in the next upcoming release of VBox.

Regards,
-Andreas.

PS: There's no need to CC me on mails anymore, since I'm subscribed to 
that list as well.


Jochen Roderburg wrote:
> Zitat von "Jochen Roderburg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> 
>> Yes, correctly, the problem appeared after a Windows guest additions
>> upgrade from 1.6.0 to 1.6.2.
>>
>> AFter several ups and downs I am currently at VBox 1.6.2, but with
>> Windows guest additions 1.5.7, because I did not want to repeat that
>> upgrade experience.  ;-)
> 
> Hi Andreas,
> 
> I had some time now and dared to do some more experiments. As I knew now 
> where to look I was able to repair the damages manually immediately.
> 
> What I found:
> 
> There is no problem when the mentioned Windows registry keys do not yet 
> contain a VBoxSF entry before the install. E.g. an existing string 
> "LanmanWorkstation" is correctly changed to "VBoxSF,LanmanWorkstation"
> 
> If, however, the key does already contain "VBoxSF,LanmanWorkstation", 
> this is corrupted to VBoxSF,anmanWorkstation", invalidating the second 
> part.
> 
> This happens on all installation sequences of Guest Additions 1.6.x, 
> because these just install on top of each other.
> 
> On 1.6.x installations over an 1.5.x the older version is first 
> uninstalled and the "VBoxSF" part in the registry is correctly deleted, 
> so the problem does not show up in these cases.
> 
> 
> Jochen Roderburg
> ZAIK/RRZK
> University of Cologne
> Robert-Koch-Str. 10                    Tel.:   +49-221/478-7024
> D-50931 Koeln                          E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Germany
> 
> 
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