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Error: VDD. Virtual Device Driver format in the registry is invalid.

August 2nd, 2007 · 1 Comment

Users 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!

Tags: Technical Tips

1 response so far ↓

  • 1 help !!! // Jan 18, 2008 at 12:57 pm

    window xp
    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

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