no bait intended. Remove the two entries, and replace them with identical
entries as REG_EXPAND_SZ.

"nycman" wrote:

> OK, I'll take the bait.
>
> How does a person change from normal to expandable?
>
> By that, I mean changing strings from normal to expandable, not changing
> one's self from normal to expandable.
> --
> nycman
>
>
> "Bit" wrote:
>
> > I finally fixed mine. My Vista was an upgrade from XP, and for whatever
> > reason SYSTEMROOT and WINDIR in the registry were set to normal strings,
> > instead of expandable ones. Thus, windows would literally call %windir% and
> > rundll32 would crash as a result. Changing to expandable strings remedies
> > Rundll AND re-enabled my compatibility tab.