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"The type of the requested value from registry is invalid" error when opening the Office document

Last updated on 7 November 2023

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Overview

Users may see this kind of error when checking out an Office document or template that has M-Files property references:

CoMSWordApplicationEventSink.cpp, 232, The type of the requested value from registry is invalid. (0x800434BC)

MSWordApplication.cpp, 427, The type of the requested value from registry is invalid. (0x800434BC)

MSWordApplication.cpp, 2176, The type of the requested value from registry is invalid. (0x800434BC)

MetadataSyncHelper.cpp, 381, The type of the requested value from registry is invalid. (0x800434BC)

MetadataSyncHelper.cpp, 106, The type of the requested value from registry is invalid. (0x800434BC)

RegistryHelper.cpp, 1733, The type of the requested value from registry is invalid. (0x800434BC)

RegistryHelper.cpp, 1706, The type of the requested value from registry is invalid. (0x800434BC)

RegistryHelper.cpp, 384, The type of the requested value from registry is invalid. (0x800434BC)

(M-Files 23.10.12995.0 2023-10-13T13:15:34.904Z)

Solution

This error is related to the MaxLookupDepth registry setting described in this article.

The error is given because the registry value type for MaxLookupDepth is wrong and should be set as REG_DWORD.
 

Overview

Users may see this kind of error when checking out an Office document or template that has M-Files property references:

CoMSWordApplicationEventSink.cpp, 232, The type of the requested value from registry is invalid. (0x800434BC)

MSWordApplication.cpp, 427, The type of the requested value from registry is invalid. (0x800434BC)

MSWordApplication.cpp, 2176, The type of the requested value from registry is invalid. (0x800434BC)

MetadataSyncHelper.cpp, 381, The type of the requested value from registry is invalid. (0x800434BC)

MetadataSyncHelper.cpp, 106, The type of the requested value from registry is invalid. (0x800434BC)

RegistryHelper.cpp, 1733, The type of the requested value from registry is invalid. (0x800434BC)

RegistryHelper.cpp, 1706, The type of the requested value from registry is invalid. (0x800434BC)

RegistryHelper.cpp, 384, The type of the requested value from registry is invalid. (0x800434BC)

(M-Files 23.10.12995.0 2023-10-13T13:15:34.904Z)

Solution

This error is related to the MaxLookupDepth registry setting described in this article.

The error is given because the registry value type for MaxLookupDepth is wrong and should be set as REG_DWORD.

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