Sven Baars : kernelbase: Don't open Wow6432nodes from create_key().

[Alexandre Julliard]

Module: wine
Branch: master
Commit: 3609508c2fff93b2736dbb519fef37924d25f674
URL:    https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/commit/3609508c2fff93b2736dbb519fef379...

Author: Sven Baars <sbaars(a)codeweavers.com>
Date:   Fri Mar 17 17:14:37 2023 +0100

kernelbase: Don't open Wow6432nodes from create_key().

These can never exist in a newly created key.

---

 dlls/kernelbase/registry.c | 13 -------------
 1 file changed, 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dlls/kernelbase/registry.c b/dlls/kernelbase/registry.c
index 63855eeb555..9fd1abceabb 100644
--- a/dlls/kernelbase/registry.c
+++ b/dlls/kernelbase/registry.c
@@ -303,19 +303,6 @@ static NTSTATUS create_key( HKEY *retkey, HKEY root, UNICODE_STRING name, ULONG
             while (i < len && buffer[i] == '\\') i++;
             buffer += i;
             len -= i;
-
-            if (force_wow32)
-            {
-                name.Buffer = buffer;
-                name.Length = len * sizeof(WCHAR);
-                if (is_wow6432node( &name )) force_wow32 = FALSE;
-                else if ((subkey = open_wow6432node( attr.RootDirectory )))
-                {
-                    NtClose( attr.RootDirectory );
-                    attr.RootDirectory = subkey;
-                    force_wow32 = FALSE;
-                }
-            }
         }
     }
     if (status == STATUS_PREDEFINED_HANDLE)