ahodes1 Posted July 25, 2001 Share Posted July 25, 2001 When I run some programs, especially older install programs, I get this message Caption: 16 bit Windows Subsystem Text: SYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlVirtualDeviceDrivers. VDD. Virtual Device Driver format in the registry is invalid. Choose 'Close' to terminate the application Buttons: Close, Ignore And heres the contents of the registry key listed above: Name: VDD Type: REG_MULTI_SZ Data: C:PROGRA~1SymantecS32EVNT1.DLL Thanks in advance for the help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdibias Posted August 3, 2001 Share Posted August 3, 2001 Good question, I have gotten that same error message on my Win2k Pro machine. I just click *ignore* I tried to come up with an answer, no one could help me out. If you come up with anything, please let us know :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyllyWylly Posted August 13, 2001 Share Posted August 13, 2001 Yah, that's an ugly message that you can cure. Here's how: 1) Start the Registry Editor (Regedt32.exe). Don't use REGEDIT.EXE! 2) Drill down to this key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetControlVirtualDeviceDriversVDD 3) Delete the value. 4 From the Edit menu, click Add Value. 5) Type "VDD" in the Value Name box, click REG_MULTI_SZ for the Data Type, and then click OK. 6) In the multi-string editor leave the entry blank and click OK. 7) Close regedit and voila, your problem is gone. Microsoft has a KB article on this.... http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/ar...s/q254/9/14.asp Happy editing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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