Re: [PATCH] Fix REG_MULTI_SZ save fromat - bug 824

[Alexandre Julliard]

"Dan Kegel"  writes:
> Alexandre wrote:
> > I don't think a non null-terminated MULTI_SZ string is very useful.
> > Do you really have an app that depends on this?
>
> http://www.xpregistrycleaner.com/embedded-null-characters/ claims
> "some software vendors use the embedded-null registry key technique
> as a way to enforce the software license agreement and to reduce the
> ability of users to tamper with the license information stored in
> these registry keys."

Embedded nulls should work just fine. The case that doesn't work is
string values that aren't properly null-terminated.