I scanned my registry for errors and the following key in the HKLM\Software root was detected as unnecessary/corrupt:


I tried to manually delete it using regedit but Windows does not allow showing the following:


So I tried various registry scanners/cleaners without success (they're unable to delete it even though they detect it as corrupt).
I also tried doing it in Safe Mode without success.
Any ideas? Thanks
NOTE: I'm running WinXP Pro SP3 with full administrative rights

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Originally posted by alegator
I scanned my registry for errors and the following key in the HKLM\Software root was detected as unnecessary/corrupt:


I tried to manually delete it using regedit but Windows does not allow showing the following:


So I tried various registry scanners/cleaners without success (they're unable to delete it even though they detect it as corrupt).
I also tried doing it in Safe Mode without success.
Any ideas? Thanks
NOTE: I'm running WinXP Pro SP3 with full administrative rights

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Thanks Thor. I finally solved the issue by using RegDelNull. The "version" subkey contained embedded-null characters and that's why I was unable to delete it using regedit. But RegDelNull deleted it as explained here:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897448.aspx