Error messages of regtool can't be read, which are encoded in SHIFT_JIS in Japanese Windows.
$ regtool get /HKCU/hoge Error (2): ▒w▒肳▒▒t▒@▒C▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒܂▒▒▒B $ regtool get /HKCU/hoge 2>&1 | iconv -f shift_jis Error (2): 指定されたファイルが見つかりません。 --- regtool.cc.orig 2017-05-16 17:20:32.671229600 +0900 +++ regtool.cc 2017-05-16 17:21:18.859375500 +0900 @@ -197,13 +197,13 @@ void Fail (unsigned int rv) { - char *buf; + wchar_t *buf; if (!quiet) { - FormatMessage (FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER + FormatMessageW (FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER | FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM, - 0, rv, 0, (CHAR *) & buf, 0, 0); - fprintf (stderr, "Error (%d): %s\n", rv, buf); + 0, rv, 0, (WCHAR *)& buf, 0, 0); + fprintf (stderr, "Error (%d): %ls\n", rv, buf); LocalFree (buf); } exit (1); -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple