Microsoft KB Archive/187515

= REG.EXE 1.04 and Earlier Err Msg: The Operation Could not be Completed =

Article ID: 187515

Article Last Modified on 10/31/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Enterprise Edition

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This article was previously published under Q187515



SYMPTOMS
The Command-line Registry Manipulation Utility (Reg.exe) may fail with the following error message:

The operation could not be completed.



CAUSE
NetBIOS names have a limit of 15 characters. The Command-line Registry Manipulation Utility fails if the remote computer is 14 or 15 characters because it considers the two backslashes included as part of the Universal Naming Convention (UNC) as part of the computer name. For example, Reg.exe successfully connects to a computer with the name THIRTEENCHARS because it sees the UNC name as fifteen characters (\\THIRTEENCHARS). However, Reg.exe fails if the computer name is FIFTEENCHARACTR because it thinks the UNC name is seventeen characters (\\FIFTEENCHARACTR).

This problem occurs with Reg.exe version 1.04 and earlier.



RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem on Intel platforms, obtain Reg_x86.exe from the following Internet location:

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/reskit/nt40/i386/

To resolve this problem on Alpha platforms, obtain Reg_axp.exe from the following Internet location:

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/bussys/winnt/winnt-public/reskit/nt40/alpha/



MORE INFORMATION
Reg.exe ships with the Windows NT 4.0 Resource Kit. For more information on the use of this utility, please consult your documentation or type the following command at a command prompt:

reg /?

Additional query words: rkit

Keywords: kbbug kbfix KB187515

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