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RegRenameKey PML Operation
On Windows XP, renaming a key with RegEdit yields RegDeleteKey and RegCreateKey events, instead of a RegRenameKey.
Example from 64-bit PML
Hover over field values like Time, ResultCode, and bytes of evdata in this example to see tooltips as they appear in viewer9. The tooltip of the first byte of a color patch tells the field name.
RegRenameKey opcode=2,14
ev=0 modify=1
| Time: | 2020-12-31 18:03:54.9174416 |
| Duration: | 0.0009162 |
| ResultCode: | SUCCESS |
| Tid: | 19720 |
| Path: | HKCU\Software\RegRenamKeyTest\oldkey1 |
| NewName: | oldkey1_rename1 |
evdata[0-72] file offset 1148
| 0 | 25 80 0f 00 48 4b 43 55 | %...HKCU |
| 8 | 5c 53 6f 66 74 77 61 72 | \Softwar |
| 16 | 65 5c 52 65 67 52 65 6e | e\RegRen |
| 24 | 61 6d 4b 65 79 54 65 73 | amKeyTes |
| 32 | 74 5c 6f 6c 64 6b 65 79 | t\oldkey |
| 40 | 31 6f 00 6c 00 64 00 6b | 1o.l.d.k |
| 48 | 00 65 00 79 00 31 00 5f | .e.y.1._ |
| 56 | 00 72 00 65 00 6e 00 61 | .r.e.n.a |
| 64 | 00 6d 00 65 00 31 00 47 | .m.e.1.G |
| 72 | 00 | . |
Call Stack stacksize=20
| StackAddress | mod | ModName | ModPath |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0xfffff800037faf00 | 49 | ntoskrnl.exe + 0x3e2f00 | C:\windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe |
| 0xfffff800038c42ef | 49 | ntoskrnl.exe + 0x4ac2ef | C:\windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe |
| 0xfffff800034b9bd3 | 49 | ntoskrnl.exe + 0xa1bd3 | C:\windows\system32\ntoskrnl.exe |
| 0x7713ac6a | 4 | ntdll.dll + 0x6ac6a | C:\Windows\System32\ntdll.dll |
| 0x7fefdc540f3 | 37 | ADVAPI32.dll + 0x440f3 | C:\Windows\System32\advapi32.dll |
| 0xff95bc9d | 236 | regedit.exe + 0xbc9d | C:\windows\regedit.exe |
| 0xff95409d | 236 | regedit.exe + 0x409d | C:\windows\regedit.exe |
| 0xff95270d | 236 | regedit.exe + 0x270d | C:\windows\regedit.exe |
| 0x76fe9bbd | 3 | USER32.dll + 0x19bbd | C:\Windows\System32\user32.dll |
| 0x76fe6a5c | 3 | USER32.dll + 0x16a5c | C:\Windows\System32\user32.dll |
| 0x76fe6b61 | 3 | USER32.dll + 0x16b61 | C:\Windows\System32\user32.dll |
| 0x7fefb049845 | 247 | COMCTL32.dll + 0x29845 | C:\windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.7601.18837_none_fa3b1e3d17594757\COMCTL32.dll |
| 0x7fefb0b9a4e | 247 | COMCTL32.dll + 0x99a4e | C:\windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.7601.18837_none_fa3b1e3d17594757\COMCTL32.dll |
| 0x7fefb0b963f | 247 | COMCTL32.dll + 0x9963f | C:\windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.7601.18837_none_fa3b1e3d17594757\COMCTL32.dll |
| 0x76fe9bbd | 3 | USER32.dll + 0x19bbd | C:\Windows\System32\user32.dll |
| 0x76fe98c2 | 3 | USER32.dll + 0x198c2 | C:\Windows\System32\user32.dll |
| 0xff9512c2 | 236 | regedit.exe + 0x12c2 | C:\windows\regedit.exe |
| 0xff9516e8 | 236 | regedit.exe + 0x16e8 | C:\windows\regedit.exe |
| 0x76ec570d | 2 | kernel32.dll + 0x1570d | C:\Windows\System32\kernel32.dll |
| 0x7712385d | 4 | ntdll.dll + 0x5385d | C:\Windows\System32\ntdll.dll |
Procmon displays the NewName field as "New Name".
See also
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