(Default) value used by collection editor to collect a registry value is not

  • Document ID:3638864
  • Creation Date:11-Jan-2007
  • Modified Date:27-Apr-2012
    • Micro Focus Products:
      ZENworks Asset Management

Environment

Novell ZENworks 7 Asset Management - ZAM7
Novell ZENworks 7.5 Asset Management - ZAM7.5

Situation

(Default) as a value set in the Collection option set to pick up a registry value will not work. See example below:
HKEY:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\(Default)

Resolution

The (default) value really doesn't have any name at all; it's a phantom value,so to speak, and Windows just gives it the default name of (default).

To use the (default) value for any registry key, the user needs to specify no value name at all for it. For example, the

following UDF default would get the needed value:

HKEY:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Clients\Mail\

Notethat the (default) value name is missing from the end; the full keyaddress ends with a backslash character.