Singular expression refers to nonexistent object .... ARGGHHH!

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(imported topic written by everestt23)

Hi All,

When I put my test relevance belowinto the Relevance debugger, I get the value of the key returned. When I add it as a property I get “Singular expression refers to nonexistent object” back from my clients, including the very same box I ran the debugger query on. Any ideas?

I have stripped down the revelance to remove all logic and simply (I hoped) report the value:

value “CertificateRevocation” of keys “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings” of registry as string

Thanks in advance,

Tim.

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(imported comment written by everestt23)

In old style Q ‘n’ A the output is as follows:

Q:value “CertificateRevocation” of keys “HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Internet Settings” of registry as string

A: 0

T: 0.164 ms

I: singular string

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(imported comment written by jessewk)

The BES Client runs as the system user whereas QnA runs in the current user context.

To access the HKCU hive of the registry via a retrieved property or Fixlet relevance, use the tips in this post:

http://forum.bigfix.com/viewtopic.php?id=11

-Jesse

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(imported comment written by everestt23)

Magic Jesse. Now you tell me, the difference is obvious, but I still wouldn’t have known the solution. Thanks!