In my registry key "Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\PendingFileRenameOperations", there are currently two entries. One points to a file that does not exist, the second file is valid (and will disappear on next reboot).
"pendmoves.exe" prints an error for each file (german error message, it should translate to "The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect."):
PendMoves v1.3 - Lists pending delayed movefile operations
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Source: *1\??\C:\Windows\System32\gamingservicesproxy_e.dll.0
*** Source file lookup error: Die Syntax f³r den Dateinamen, Verzeichnisnamen oder die Datentrõgerbezeichnung ist falsch.
Target: DELETE
Source: *1\??\C:\Program Files\LibreOffice\program\update_service.exe
*** Source file lookup error: Die Syntax f³r den Dateinamen, Verzeichnisnamen oder die Datentrõgerbezeichnung ist falsch.
Target: DELETE
Time of last update to pending moves key: 31.05.2026 11:06
The plain text value of the registry keys is this (as seen in RegEdit):
*1\??\C:\Windows\System32\gamingservicesproxy_e.dll.0
*1\??\C:\Program Files\LibreOffice\program\update_service.exe
Was there a change in syntax? According to e.g. https://qtechbabble.wordpress.com/2020/06/26/use-pendingfilerenameoperations-registry-key-to-automatically-delete-a-file-on-reboot/ , the "*1" part might be new or somehow invalid?
I use the version from https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/pendmoves (version 1.3, date of exe: 2020-09-03).
In my registry key "Computer\HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\PendingFileRenameOperations", there are currently two entries. One points to a file that does not exist, the second file is valid (and will disappear on next reboot).
"pendmoves.exe" prints an error for each file (german error message, it should translate to "The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect."):
The plain text value of the registry keys is this (as seen in RegEdit):
Was there a change in syntax? According to e.g. https://qtechbabble.wordpress.com/2020/06/26/use-pendingfilerenameoperations-registry-key-to-automatically-delete-a-file-on-reboot/ , the "*1" part might be new or somehow invalid?
I use the version from https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/pendmoves (version 1.3, date of exe: 2020-09-03).