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Error: VDD. Virtual Device Driver format in the registry is invalid.
By Jason Slater
Thursday, 2 August 2007
7 Comments
Thursday, 2 August 2007
7 CommentsUsers have been receiving the following error message
16 bit Windows Subsystem
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\VirtualDeviceDrivers. VDD. Virtual Device Driver format in the registry is invalid. Choose ‘Close’ to terminate the application.
Close | Ignore
I tried the solution of deleting the VDD key and re-creating it with a blank value but that made no difference. That was until I found this site that told me to use REGEDT32 instead of REGEDIT as REGEDIT does not allow you to create REG_MULTI_SZ fields (I had been foolishly trying a REG_SZ as it was the nearest available).
Problem Fixed!
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step 2: Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\VirtualDeviceDrivers
Delete the VDD value
ok i go into HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control but i can’t find VirtualDeviceDrivers
please help
thanks
hello
what can i do, when i not found virtual device driver in my registry in vista.
try this link – it talks about Vista
http://dvdnextcopyjunkie.googlepages.com/vddfixes
hey jasonslater,the link that you posted there isn’t nothing no vista and all whole site.
i think that maybe is impossible to add this virtual devive driver folder in vista
well, I have the same problem and there is no folder virtual device driver in vista. Can anybody help ?
Okay Vista guys! I know you all posted forever ago, but for anyone who needs help:
1. Open Regedit
2. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\
3. Click Edit > New Key
4. Name the new key “VirtualDeviceDrivers”
5. Click Edit > New > Multi-String Value
6. Name the new value VDD
And BAM! Your problems should be gone. For some reason.
BAM!
It worked! Thanks a lot, Flipple.
Woohee!