[Bug 35932] New: EvoSvc (Evolve Service, .NET 4.0 app) fails to register video codecs with Windows Media Player (missing 'HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Multimedia\\WMPlayer\\Extensions' registry key)

Sat Apr 5 14:49:20 CDT 2014

https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35932

            Bug ID: 35932
           Summary: EvoSvc (Evolve Service, .NET 4.0 app) fails to
                    register video codecs with Windows Media Player
                    (missing
                    'HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Multimedia\\WMPlayer\\Exte
                    nsions' registry key)
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.7.16
          Hardware: x86
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: wmp&wmvcore
          Assignee: wine-bugs at winehq.org
          Reporter: focht at gmx.net

Hello folks,

after fixing bug 35924 the client still reports problems with the service.

Prerequisite: 'winetricks -q dotnet40 corefonts'

'EvolveClient.log'

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2014-Apr-05 21:34:48.656883 - System: Microsoft Windows NT 5.1.2600 Service
Pack 3
2014-Apr-05 21:34:48.703646 - Running version 1.8.3.
2014-Apr-05 21:34:48.711243 - Running against production backend.
2014-Apr-05 21:35:51.509870 - Testing connection to service...
2014-Apr-05 21:35:51.521973 - StartEvolveService: Attempting to start service:
EvoSvc.
2014-Apr-05 21:35:52.107810 - StartEvolveService: Service EvoSvc started.
2014-Apr-05 21:35:52.110547 - Successfully verified connection to service.
2014-Apr-05 21:35:52.149689 - Successfully started crash watchdog.
2014-Apr-05 21:35:52.153756 - Caught exception when attempting to register
video codecs with Windows Media Player: [EvoSvcClientClrThunk.RpcExceptionClr:
Exception of type 'EvoSvcClientClrThunk.RpcExceptionClr' was thrown.]
...
--- snip ---

'EvoSvc.log'

--- snip ---
2014-Apr-05 21:35:51.602663 - EvoSvc.exe, version 1.8.3.
2014-Apr-05 21:35:51.606479 - Evolve Service was successfully enabled in the
Windows Firewall.
2014-Apr-05 21:35:51.606815 - Evolve Client was successfully enabled in the
Windows Firewall.
2014-Apr-05 21:35:51.607065 - Loading Evolve configuration...
2014-Apr-05 21:35:51.608974 - Could not load configuration file. Using default
configuration.
2014-Apr-05 21:35:51.609137 - Running against production backend.
2014-Apr-05 21:35:51.609756 - Starting RPC server...
2014-Apr-05 21:35:51.610435 - Successfully started RPC server.
2014-Apr-05 21:35:52.146059 - Started client crash watchdog.
2014-Apr-05 21:35:52.151554 - Making sure video codecs are properly registered
with Windows Media Player...
2014-Apr-05 21:35:52.151738 - Could not open registry key:
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Multimedia\WMPlayer\Extensions. File not found. (2).
2014-Apr-05 21:36:03.462868 - Received SERVICE_CONTROL_SHUTDOWN. Initiating
shutdown...
2014-Apr-05 21:36:03.467605 - Shutting down...
2014-Apr-05 21:36:03.467718 - Shutting down RPC server...
2014-Apr-05 21:36:03.470507 - Successfully updated the LAN Bridger
configuration file.
2014-Apr-05 21:36:03.472371 - Thread Pool: Created worker threads successfully.
2014-Apr-05 21:36:03.472470 - Thread Pool: Shutting down worker threads...
2014-Apr-05 21:36:03.472745 - Thread Pool: Shut down worker threads
successfully.
2014-Apr-05 21:36:03.472997 - Stopped client crash watchdog.
2014-Apr-05 21:36:03.473853 - Successfully updated the LAN Bridger
configuration file.
2014-Apr-05 21:36:03.474138 - RPC server shut down.
2014-Apr-05 21:36:03.474442 - Service stopped.
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Adding the key makes the service happy:

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$ wine reg add HKLM\\Software\\Microsoft\\Multimedia\\WMPlayer\\Extensions
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The service will add the following sub-key data:

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[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Multimedia\WMPlayer\Extensions]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Multimedia\WMPlayer\Extensions\.mkv]
"Permissions"=dword:0000000f
"PermissionsAddedByEvolve"=dword:00000001
"Runtime"=dword:00000007
"RuntimeAddedByEvolve"=dword:00000001

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Multimedia\WMPlayer\Extensions\.mov]
"Permissions"=dword:0000000f
"PermissionsAddedByEvolve"=dword:00000001
"Runtime"=dword:00000007
"RuntimeAddedByEvolve"=dword:00000001
--- snip ---

'EvoSvc.log'

--- snip ---
2014-Apr-05 21:46:45.788496 - EvoSvc.exe, version 1.8.3.
2014-Apr-05 21:46:45.791622 - Evolve Service was successfully enabled in the
Windows Firewall.
2014-Apr-05 21:46:45.791964 - Evolve Client was successfully enabled in the
Windows Firewall.
2014-Apr-05 21:46:45.792172 - Loading Evolve configuration...
2014-Apr-05 21:46:45.793703 - Successfully loaded the Evolve configuration
file.
2014-Apr-05 21:46:45.793835 - Running against production backend.
2014-Apr-05 21:46:45.794412 - Starting RPC server...
2014-Apr-05 21:46:45.794984 - Successfully started RPC server.
2014-Apr-05 21:46:46.324862 - Started client crash watchdog.
2014-Apr-05 21:46:46.332122 - Making sure video codecs are properly registered
with Windows Media Player...
2014-Apr-05 21:46:46.332439 - Registered .mov with Windows Media Player.
2014-Apr-05 21:46:46.332641 - Registered .mkv with Windows Media Player.
2014-Apr-05 21:46:46.332703 - No need to register .mkv with Windows Media
Player.
2014-Apr-05 21:46:46.343371 - New UI client connected. Sending state...
2014-Apr-05 21:46:46.343504 - Successfully sent state to new UI client.
2014-Apr-05 21:46:46.343785 - UI notification callback failed: 0x000006A6.
2014-Apr-05 21:46:46.345137 - UI disconnected. Leaving any lobbies currently in
progress...
2014-Apr-05 21:46:46.345421 - Stopped client crash watchdog.
2014-Apr-05 21:46:46.345570 - Waiting 5 seconds for the client to reconnect
before shutting down...
2014-Apr-05 21:46:51.346371 - Shut down timer expired. Shutting down service...
2014-Apr-05 21:46:51.347513 - StopService: Telling service to stop...
2014-Apr-05 21:46:51.347823 - Received SERVICE_CONTROL_STOP. Initiating
shutdown...
2014-Apr-05 21:46:51.349821 - Shutting down...
2014-Apr-05 21:46:51.349913 - Shutting down RPC server...
2014-Apr-05 21:46:51.351567 - Successfully updated the LAN Bridger
configuration file.
2014-Apr-05 21:46:51.352819 - Thread Pool: Created worker threads successfully.
2014-Apr-05 21:46:51.352924 - Thread Pool: Shutting down worker threads...
2014-Apr-05 21:46:51.353661 - Thread Pool: Shut down worker threads
successfully.
2014-Apr-05 21:46:51.354831 - Successfully updated the LAN Bridger
configuration file.
2014-Apr-05 21:46:51.355325 - RPC server shut down.
2014-Apr-05 21:46:51.355675 - Thread Pool: Shutting down worker threads...
2014-Apr-05 21:46:51.355794 - Thread Pool: Shut down worker threads
successfully.
2014-Apr-05 21:46:51.355864 - Service stopped.
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The login dialog is shown and after supplying the credentials it starts some
auto-updater.

$ sha1sum EvolveSetup.exe 
0c9f92f1ed5f97bced68c1185525dfe78900f795  EvolveSetup.exe

$ du -sh EvolveSetup.exe 
3.2M    EvolveSetup.exe

$ wine --version
wine-1.7.16-1-gb772260

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