Bug: can not handle "/" correctly when reading registry item #5536
Description
Steps to reproduce
# ** careful "\" and "/" **
# initialization
New-Item 'registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER/test'
New-ItemProperty 'registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\test' -Name test1 -Value test1
# read item.
Get-Item 'registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER/test'
Set-ItemProperty 'registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER/test' -Name test2 -Value abcde
# read and create item
Copy-Item 'registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER/test' 'registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER/test/t1'
Copy-Item 'registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\test' 'registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER/test/t1'
# clear
Remove-Item 'registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER\test' -Recurse -ForceExpected behavior
no errors
Actual behavior
Get-Item : Cannot find path 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER/test' because it does not exist.
At line:1 char:1
+ Get-Item 'registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER/test'
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (HKEY_CURRENT_USER/test:String) [Get-Item], ItemNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.GetItemCommand
Set-ItemProperty : Cannot find path 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER/test' because it does not exist.
At line:1 char:1
+ Set-ItemProperty 'registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER/test' -Name test2 -Valu ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (HKEY_CURRENT_USER/test:String) [Set-ItemProperty], ItemNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.SetItemPropertyCommand
Copy-Item : Cannot find path 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER/test' because it does not exist.
At line:1 char:1
+ Copy-Item 'registry::HKEY_CURRENT_USER/test' 'registry::HKEY_CURRENT_ ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (HKEY_CURRENT_USER/test:String) [Copy-Item], ItemNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : PathNotFound,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.CopyItemCommand
Environment data
> $PSVersionTable
Name Value
---- -----
PSVersion 6.0.0-rc
PSEdition Core
GitCommitId v6.0.0-rc
OS Microsoft Windows 10.0.16299
Platform Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion 2.3
SerializationVersion 1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion 3.0Summary
after trying, I found the law.
- can handle "/" correctly when creating item.
- can not handle "/" correctly when reading item.
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