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Windows NT Does Not Recognize a Space in a Registry Value

Article ID: 165763

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.51
Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q165763

SYMPTOMS

If you have a value entered in the registry that contains a space, Windows NT will not recognize characters past the space.

WORKAROUND

Remove the space from the value entered. If the value requires that a space be used, replace the space with an underscore.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT versions 3.51 and 4.0. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

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