The permissions to some registry keys are incorrect which causes the cleanup of KB5022899 to fail.
To correct this I need the SOFTWARE hive completely, fix the permissions and remove KB5022899. After that I'll provide the fixed SOFTWARE hive to replace the one you have now.
In the meantime do not install/uninstall any program.
Retrieve Software Hive
1. Navigate to
C:\Windows\System32\Config and locate the
SOFTWARE file.
2. Please copy this file to your desktop.
Note: If you receive an error that this file is in-use, try Option#2 below.
3. Right-click on this file on your desktop and select
Send To...Compressed (zipped) folder. This will create a file named
SOFTWARE.ZIP on your desktop.
4. Upload the zip file (SOFTWARE.zip) to your favourite file sharing website (it will be too big to upload here). Examples of services to upload to are
Gofile or
WeTransfer.
5.
Note: Send the downloadlink in a
private message as the SOFTWARE hive contains sensitive information!
Option#2 (only if you are unable to follow the previous instructions)
- Please download the Freeware RegBak from here: Acelogix Software - Download products
You will find it at the bottom of the page that the link brings you to.
- Go ahead and install this program and accept all the defaults. After the last install screen the program should open.
- Click the New Backup button. Accept the defaults and simply click Start.
- When it says Finished successfully, click the Close button.
- This will bring you back to the main screen of the program. You will see one entry in this list with the date that you did it. Right-click on this line-item and select Explore Backup...
- This will bring you into the folder where the backup was made. You should see a Users folder and a Windows folder along with a couple other files. Double-click on the Windows folder to open it. Then open the System32 folder and then config folder. You should see around 6 files in here, one of which is named SOFTWARE.
- Copy the SOFTWARE file to your Desktop. If the SOFTWARE file does not exist, please fetch it instead from C:\Windows\System32\config\SOFTWARE.
- Now right-click on the SOFTWARE file that is on your desktop and select Send to > Compressed (zipped) folder.
- Then please upload the zip file (SOFTWARE.zip) to your favourite file sharing website (it will be too big to upload here). Examples of services to upload to are Gofile or WeTransfer.
- Note: Send the downloadlink in a private message as the SOFTWARE hive contains sensitive information!
- You can close any open windows you have as well as the RegBak program now.