commit 62b69d64869600e5d81c611b5450386e9fcab586
author Rein Klazes <wijn@wanadoo.nl> Thu Dec 08 13:49:02 2005 +0100
committer Alexandre Julliard <julliard@winehq.org> Thu Dec 08 13:49:02 2005 +0100
tree 77759b7c464712be951c447e85532c0f83e11682
parent b86efe5d117a5b6f9b8558563fdd98226a07c0c1

advapi32: RegCreateKeyEx fix.
On Win9x,ME RegCreateKeyEx ignores the backslash character if the
subkey begins with one. With a regression test.

dlls/advapi32/registry.c

diff --git a/dlls/advapi32/registry.c b/dlls/advapi32/registry.c
index 9399c1e..4cb6add 100644
--- a/dlls/advapi32/registry.c
+++ b/dlls/advapi32/registry.c
@@ -206,7 +206,11 @@
     NTSTATUS status;
 
     if (reserved) return ERROR_INVALID_PARAMETER;
-    if (!is_version_nt()) access = KEY_ALL_ACCESS;  /* Win95 ignores the access mask */
+    if (!is_version_nt())
+    {
+        access = KEY_ALL_ACCESS;  /* Win95 ignores the access mask */
+        if (name && *name == '\\') name++; /* win9x,ME ignores one (and only one) beginning backslash */
+    }
     else if (!(access & KEY_ACCESS_MASK) || (access & ~KEY_ACCESS_MASK)) return ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED;
     if (!(hkey = get_special_root_hkey( hkey ))) return ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE;