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Bug: can not handle "/" correctly when reading registry item #5536

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Bug: can not handle "/" correctly when reading registry item#5536
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ZSkycat
opened on Nov 24, 2017

Steps to reproduce

# ** careful "\" and "/" **
# initialization
New-Item 'registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER/test'
New-ItemProperty 'registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\test' -Name test1 -Value test1

# read item.
Get-Item 'registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER/test'
Set-ItemProperty 'registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER/test' -Name test2 -Value abcde

# read and create item
Copy-Item 'registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER/test' 'registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER/test/t1'
Copy-Item 'registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\test' 'registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER/test/t1'

# clear
Remove-Item 'registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\test' -Recurse -Force

Expected behavior

no errors

Actual behavior

Get-Item : Cannot find path 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER/test' because it does not exist.
At line:1 char:1
+ Get-Item 'registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER/test'
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (HKEY_CURRENT_USER/test:String) [Get-Item], ItemNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetItemCommand

Set-ItemProperty : Cannot find path 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER/test' because it does not exist.
At line:1 char:1
+ Set-ItemProperty 'registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER/test' -Name test2 -Valu ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (HKEY_CURRENT_USER/test:String) [Set-ItemProperty], ItemNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SetItemPropertyCommand

Copy-Item : Cannot find path 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER/test' because it does not exist.
At line:1 char:1
+ Copy-Item 'registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER/test' 'registry::HKEY_CURRENT_ ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo          : ObjectNotFound: (HKEY_CURRENT_USER/test:String) [Copy-Item], ItemNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.CopyItemCommand

Environment data

> $PSVersionTable
Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      6.0.0-rc
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    v6.0.0-rc
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.16299
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0

Summary

after trying, I found the law.

  1. can handle "/" correctly when creating item.
  2. can not handle "/" correctly when reading item.

related cmdlets

New-Item
New-ItemPropert
Get-ChildItem
Get-Item
Get-ItemProperty
Get-ItemPropertyValue
Set-Item
Set-ItemProperty
Clear-Item
Clear-ItemProperty
Remove-Item
Remove-ItemProperty
Rename-Itemre
Rename-ItemProperty
Copy-Item
Copy-ItemProperty
Move-Item
Move-ItemProperty

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