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Odd Registry entry

I've never seen this in the registry, the odd characters...is this okay?

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Thanks...I'll take a closer look and send another screen shot if necessary.
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This is what I see

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I've been running scans...Chrome was a issue with redirects. Resolving that now. Found this when I was going into Googles registry entries.
No...this is a different computer John...busy couple of days!
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I have already backed up the Registry...shall I delete them?
Look also in the Hosts file if you are getting redirected.

C:\windows\system32\drivers\etc
Yes I would
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I am also getting an error message when attempting to do a full uninstall of Google Chrome...thoughts?

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Most likely a rights issue, you can take ownership of the key (and children) in order to remove.

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Highlight each of the 3 "Chinese" keys and export them. Then upload these 3 files here for me to look at.
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Tried, gave permission, still error and unable to delete.
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Too late McKnife, I already deleted them. Restarted computer, no issue.
You must be joking :-|. Never delete something before exporting - 1st rule with regedit.
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I already exported the entire registry (see my notation above), I thought that was a good preventative measure in case there was an issue.

Next?
Well, those keys can be seen in the exported registry. Open the backup in a good editor, for example notepad++, and search cache2, that will find these Chinese keys. Then copy the portions and paste them here.
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Here you go McKnife. Thanks for your help

[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-936240840-1351015951-1972136265-1001\㒐沂\cache2]
[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-936240840-1351015951-1972136265-1001\㙤㌹〲捥捦㌰㈱攱摤挷㑦㌹㑦㘹㈱〸ㅤ〵㠹㌲〱Գԅԅ䵌䵅0\cache2]
[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-936240840-1351015951-1972136265-1001\湩楬敮※楦敬慮敭㌽㔵〰ㅤ㜰㔷㜱摢ち㤲挲㥢愰㠸㠳㐲⸸灪g瑬㌀戱e\cache2]
[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-936240840-1351015951-1972136265-1001\滀᪏ⶈ᪛뺠⟢O\cache2]
What have we won if you list the names of the keys that we already know? Nothing :-)
The lines below those should hold some info, quote those, too.
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i'm not sure what you are really asking for. Here is everything on my search for cache2

      Line 255910: @="IOleCache2"
      Line 346123: @="IOfflineFilesCache2"
      Line 608238: @="IOleCache2"
      Line 733730: @="IOfflineFilesCache2"
      Line 2177631: @="IOleCache2"
      Line 2303123: @="IOfflineFilesCache2"
      Line 2915195: [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\AVAST Software\Avast\cache2]
      Line 2915208: [HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Browser Cleanup\cache2]
      Line 2954911: [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-936240840-1351015951-1972136265-1001\Software\AVAST Software\Avast\cache2]
      Line 2954935: [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-936240840-1351015951-1972136265-1001\Software\AVAST Software\Avast Browser Cleanup\cache2]
      Line 2955126: [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-936240840-1351015951-1972136265-1001\Software\AVAST Software\Browser Cleanup\cache2]
      Line 2955199: [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-936240840-1351015951-1972136265-1001\Software\Browser Cleanup\cache2]
      Line 2960510: "MetadataDownloadCachePath"="C:\\Users\\Mike-PC\\AppData\\Local\\Microsoft\\Media Player\\Cache297455093"
      Line 3217308: [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-936240840-1351015951-1972136265-1001\㒐沂\cache2]
      Line 3217315: [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-936240840-1351015951-1972136265-1001\㙤㌹〲捥捦㌰㈱攱摤挷㑦㌹㑦㘹㈱〸ㅤ〵㠹㌲〱Գԅԅ䵌䵅0\cache2]
      Line 3217322: [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-936240840-1351015951-1972136265-1001\湩楬敮※楦敬慮敭㌽㔵〰ㅤ㜰㔷㜱摢ち㤲挲㥢愰㠸㠳㐲⸸灪g瑬㌀戱e\cache2]
      Line 3217329: [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-936240840-1351015951-1972136265-1001\滀᪏ⶈ᪛뺠⟢O\cache2]
      Line 3324630: [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-18\Software\AVAST Software\Avast\cache2]
      Line 3324643: [HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-18\Software\Browser Cleanup\cache2]

Please let me know if I need to do anything differently. Thanks
Quote lines 3217308 to 3217328, please
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A couple more for good measure...I hope this is what you want

[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-936240840-1351015951-1972136265-1001\㒐沂]
"cl"=dword:00000003

[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-936240840-1351015951-1972136265-1001\㒐沂\cache2]

[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-936240840-1351015951-1972136265-1001\㒐沂\ext]

[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-936240840-1351015951-1972136265-1001\㙤㌹〲捥捦㌰㈱攱摤挷㑦㌹㑦㘹㈱〸ㅤ〵㠹㌲〱Գԅԅ䵌䵅0]
"cl"=dword:00000003

[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-936240840-1351015951-1972136265-1001\㙤㌹〲捥捦㌰㈱攱摤挷㑦㌹㑦㘹㈱〸ㅤ〵㠹㌲〱Գԅԅ䵌䵅0\cache2]

[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-936240840-1351015951-1972136265-1001\㙤㌹〲捥捦㌰㈱攱摤挷㑦㌹㑦㘹㈱〸ㅤ〵㠹㌲〱Գԅԅ䵌䵅0\ext]

[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-936240840-1351015951-1972136265-1001\湩楬敮※楦敬慮敭㌽㔵〰ㅤ㜰㔷㜱摢ち㤲挲㥢愰㠸㠳㐲⸸灪g瑬㌀戱e]
"cl"=dword:00000003

[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-936240840-1351015951-1972136265-1001\湩楬敮※楦敬慮敭㌽㔵〰ㅤ㜰㔷㜱摢ち㤲挲㥢愰㠸㠳㐲⸸灪g瑬㌀戱e\cache2]

[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-936240840-1351015951-1972136265-1001\湩楬敮※楦敬慮敭㌽㔵〰ㅤ㜰㔷㜱摢ち㤲挲㥢愰㠸㠳㐲⸸灪g瑬㌀戱e\ext]

[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-936240840-1351015951-1972136265-1001\滀᪏ⶈ᪛뺠⟢O]
"cl"=dword:00000003

[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-936240840-1351015951-1972136265-1001\滀᪏ⶈ᪛뺠⟢O\cache2]

[HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-936240840-1351015951-1972136265-1001\滀᪏ⶈ᪛뺠⟢O\ext]
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What about deleting the rest of Chrome before reinstall??
Delete it after you uninstall
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I already uninstalled Chrome. This is leftovers. I tried...it is not letting me

Tried, gave permission, still error and unable to delete.
Might have to use Revo to uninstall. Be careful with Revo
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You said you have a registry backup so you can try deleting the entries
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John I appreciate your trying to help but you are not understanding. This is what I am trying to delete (see above)

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Did you open regedit with Run as Administrator?
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Yes.
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What is the best link to do a OS refresh so he doesn't lose his installed programs? Too many things going wrong.
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Then what are you suggesting John...I am remote and don't feel that offers enough support to do a fresh install...if needed what about creating a new user profile??
You can do a repair install remotely.

If you still have issues that are user profile related, you can backup the profile, delete it and create a new one remotely.
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Okay...double checking his backup and making sure he has all his activation keys should we need to reinstall any programs.

Why do some refreshes keep all programs and other times deletes programs (apps) that didn't come with the computer?
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in Firefox I have to save, shall I continue and run from the download?
I use Run, not Save.  Chrome, IE and Edge will properly prompt and you can Run in place.

If you do download, you can Run the download.
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No IE or Chrome :-( Edge not working. I will run from the Firefox download
Do that. Save prompts Run for me properly so this machine appears screwed up.
I should have said Run is beside Save. Save prompts Save As.  That was changed in Windows 10 more than a year ago.
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Okay...installing now, I'll keep you posted. Thanks!
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Refresh finished...now Windows update...more tomorrow!
in your case - i would look in the installed programs -  and check if there is a chinese/korean/Taiwan  software installed
uninstalling this (Revo uninstaller?) can help you get rid of this problem
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Nobus I did not see any such programs. The OS Refresh resolved all issues, thanks John! I was able to install Google Chrome, IE reappeared and I am able to see all his programs (apps) in the Start Button. The computer is running well.
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Thanks for all your help!!
You are very welcome and I am glad that is now all sorted out after all.
i guess it means we all need start learning Chinese