NT Err Msg: There Is an Error in Modifying the Database (103844)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 3.1
- Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
This article was previously published under Q103844 SYMPTOMS
When Microsoft Windows NT is installed over an existing version of Windows
version 3.1 or Windows for Workgroups version 3.1, running Registration
Info Editor (REGEDIT.EXE) fails to function. It produces the following
error message:
There is an error in modifying the database. The registration
database may be corrupted.
CAUSE
Registration Info Editor for Windows NT tries and fails to extract
values from the existing Windows or Windows for Workgroups registry
editor and returns an error message.
The above error message occurs whether or not you choose to migrate
groups or .INI settings. Registration Info Editor seems to work
properly when Windows NT is installed in a different directory. The
choice of file system does not have any effect on this error produced
by Registration Info Editor.
WORKAROUND
To work around this problem you can perform one of the following
steps:
- Start REGEDIT.EXE with the /V switch.
- Rename all the REG.DAT files. New REG.DAT files are created the
next time you start REGEDIT.
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT version 3.1.
We are researching this problem and will post new information here in
the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.
| Modification Type: | Major | Last Reviewed: | 4/12/2004 |
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| Keywords: | kbsetup KB103844 |
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