Bleachbit 0.8.8 + winapp2.ini dumps error because of faulty entry in winapp2.ini

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 06/28/2011 - 14:29
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a faulty entry in winapp2.ini causes a exception thrown by bleachbit.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "bleachbit\Winapp.pyo", line 93, in __init__
File "bleachbit\Winapp.pyo", line 104, in handle_section
File "bleachbit\Windows.pyo", line 223, in detect_registry_key
File "bleachbit\Windows.pyo", line 403, in split_registry_key
RuntimeError: Invalid Windows registry hive 'HKCM'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "bleachbit\Winapp.pyo", line 93, in __init__
File "bleachbit\Winapp.pyo", line 104, in handle_section
File "bleachbit\Windows.pyo", line 223, in detect_registry_key
File "bleachbit\Windows.pyo", line 403, in split_registry_key
RuntimeError: Invalid Windows registry hive 'HKCM'

The current winapp2.ini contains an error using HKCM as a glitch of HKey_Current_Machine??
This throws a bleachbit.exe.log containing the above.

I have reported the issue on the piriform forums, but maybe it's an idea to make the application verify the root hives on load of winapp2.ini to 'ignore' these errors?

andrew

Tue, 06/28/2011 - 21:42

Yes, I noticed this too, and earlier I notified the maintainers and pushed out a patch to my winapp2.ini, but it didn't stick. I just pushed out another one (plus some new cleaners), and tested it.

Right, in the future BleachBit could handle this more gracefully.

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Andrew, lead developer