renamed registry key by mistake dont know what it should be

[JPHCCFC]

i have renamed a registry key/folder by error!

it falls under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
i have renamed the key under this to @ by error! the key has the following folders under it
IASTYLE
MICROSOFT
MIDI ENGINE

can someone have a quick check so i can rename it back!

thanks in advance

[AthenaLod]

Did you really rename the "SOFTWARE" folder?! But, this is my only guess based on what you said!

[JPHCCFC]

its not the software one I still have that under the local machine folder thanks for the response though!

[riot1031]

Not sure I understand you...The three folders you listed are in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software, NOT HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. In HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software my list goes:
Apps
Arcsoft
DinarSoft
Drivers
HTC
IA Style
LockStream
Microsoft
MIDI Engine
OEM
etc, etc.

Hope this helps.

[JPHCCFC]

under local machine there are a number of folders including software system hardware etc huge one I have renamed to @ has only the 3 folders I listed in my first post if someone could just check in the local machine sub directories for the one with only the 3 folders I listed that name will most likely be the one I stupidly renamed!

[riot1031]

On my phone there isn't a folder under HKLM that contains only the three folders you listed. In fact the only folder that contains them is the Software folder I mentioned in my first post. Here's everything I have under HKLM:
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[smittyofdhs]

after you renamed it, did you reboot the device?

Check the HKLM/software folder and see if there are a lot of subkeys. if not, then WM recreated the software key (maybe upon reboot). let us know what you find...

[smittyofdhs]

I just did a search of the HKLM tree and the only place that 'midi engine' comes up is under HKLM/software.

[gavink]

I just did a search of the HKLM tree and the only place that 'midi engine' comes up is under HKLM/software.

I agree... I also opened every folder under HKLM in my Tilt registry and didn't find those 3 items anywhere else. I run the stock ROM.

[JPHCCFC]

cheers guys for all your investigation work! I did a check against the screenshot in the post and I have all those keys + a key named @! Everything seems to be working ok - though I havent done a reboot yet!!!

The software folder has loads of sub folders that are related to my installed software as one would expect!!! Still miffed as to what it may have originally been called!!!

I am using the DCS v1.7 WM6.1 Rom if thats of any relevance

[dr g]

after you renamed it, did you reboot the device?

Check the HKLM/software folder and see if there are a lot of subkeys. if not, then WM recreated the software key (maybe upon reboot). let us know what you find...

After having done this exact thing, I believe that a rebuilt HKLM/Software folder won't necessarily have only a few subkeys; in my case it had the bulk of them. So I copied the ones that remained in the 'renamed' folder over to the rebuilt Software folder, and overwrote whatever was there, and the device seems to be back to normal.