Add RegSetKeyValueW as fallback to NtSetValueKey

Also:
- Update copyright year
- Strip PDB Path information from builds

CHANGELOG.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-Version 1.5 - 
+Version 1.6 - 2026-02-09
+  * Add fallback method when NtSetValueKey fails
+
+Version 1.5 - 2025-04-14
   * Add support for .pol files
   * Extend .reg file format for readability of REG_MULTI_SZ,
     REG_EXPAND_SZ and REG_QWORD values

LICENSE.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-   Copyright 2025 Stormshield
+   Copyright 2026 Stormshield
 
    Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.

README.txt

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-(C) 2025 Stormshield
+(C) 2026 Stormshield
 
 HiveSwarming - Conversions between registry hive and registry export formats
   without a need for special privileges.
@@ -74,3 +74,15 @@ A. This is a consequence of the internals of registry hives. We try to delete
 
 Q. Do you accept pull requests?
 A. They are welcome and will be reviewed.
+
+GET IT
+------
+
+Hiveswarming is a standalone executable. You can just download it from the
+Github release pages. The executable should be digitally signed.
+
+As of August 2025, Hiveswarming v1.5 has been made available on WinGet by a
+third-party user contribution (@upintheairsheep).
+You can install this specific version with:
+    winget install Hiveswarming --exact --id HiveSwarming --version 1.5.0.0
+

src/CommonFunctions.cpp

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// (C) Stormshield 2025
+// (C) Stormshield 2026
 // Licensed under the Apache license, version 2.0
 // See LICENSE.txt for details
 

src/CommonFunctions.h

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// (C) Stormshield 2025
+// (C) Stormshield 2026
 // Licensed under the Apache license, version 2.0
 // See LICENSE.txt for details
 

src/Constants.h

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// (C) Stormshield 2025
+// (C) Stormshield 2026
 // Licensed under the Apache license, version 2.0
 // See LICENSE.txt for details
 

src/Conversions.h

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// (C) Stormshield 2025
+// (C) Stormshield 2026
 // Licensed under the Apache license, version 2.0
 // See LICENSE.txt for details
 

src/HiveSwarming.cpp

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// (C) Stormshield 2025
+// (C) Stormshield 2026
 // Licensed under the Apache license, version 2.0
 // See LICENSE.txt for details
 

src/HiveSwarming.rc

@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
 //
 
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
- FILEVERSION 1,5,0,0
- PRODUCTVERSION 1,5,0,0
+ FILEVERSION 1,6,0,0
+ PRODUCTVERSION 1,6,0,0
  FILEFLAGSMASK 0x3fL
 #ifdef _DEBUG
  FILEFLAGS 0x1L
@@ -43,12 +43,12 @@ BEGIN
         BEGIN
             VALUE "CompanyName", "Stormshield SAS"
             VALUE "FileDescription", "Conversions between Registry export format and Registry hive"
-            VALUE "FileVersion", "1.5.0.0"
+            VALUE "FileVersion", "1.6.0.0"
             VALUE "InternalName", "HiveSwarming.exe"
-            VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright (C) 2025 Stormshield SAS"
+            VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright (C) 2026 Stormshield SAS"
             VALUE "OriginalFilename", "HiveSwarming.exe"
             VALUE "ProductName", "HiveSwarming"
-            VALUE "ProductVersion", "1.5.0.0"
+            VALUE "ProductVersion", "1.6.0.0"
         END
     END
     BLOCK "VarFileInfo"

src/HiveSwarming.vcxproj

@@ -80,6 +80,7 @@
     <Link>
       <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
+      <AdditionalOptions>/PDBALTPATH:Hiveswarming.pdb %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
@@ -87,8 +88,6 @@
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
-    <Link>
-    </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
     <ClCompile>

src/HiveToInternal.cpp

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// (C) Stormshield 2025
+// (C) Stormshield 2026
 // Licensed under the Apache license, version 2.0
 // See LICENSE.txt for details
 

src/InternalToHive.cpp

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// (C) Stormshield 2025
+// (C) Stormshield 2026
 // Licensed under the Apache license, version 2.0
 // See LICENSE.txt for details
 
@@ -107,8 +107,12 @@ _Must_inspect_result_ static HRESULT InternalToHkey
         NTSTATUS Status = NtSetValueKey(KeyHandle, &ValueName, 0ul, Value.Type, (PVOID)Value.BinaryValue.data(), static_cast<ULONG>(Value.BinaryValue.size()));
         if (NT_SUCCESS(Status) == FALSE)
         {
-            ReportError(Status, L"Could not set value " + Value.Name + L" of key " + RegKey.Name + L" with NtSetValueKey, trying fallback");
-            goto Cleanup;
+            Result = RegSetKeyValueW(KeyHandle, nullptr, Value.Name.c_str(), Value.Type, (PVOID)Value.BinaryValue.data(), static_cast<ULONG>(Value.BinaryValue.size()));
+            if (FAILED(Result)) {
+                ReportError(HRESULT_FROM_NT(Status), L"Could not set value " + Value.Name + L" of key " + RegKey.Name + L" with NtSetValueKey.");
+                ReportError(Result, L"Could not set value " + Value.Name + L" of key " + RegKey.Name + L" with RegSetKeyValueW as fallback.");
+                goto Cleanup;
+            }
         }
     }
 

src/InternalToPolfile.cpp

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// (C) Stormshield 2025
+// (C) Stormshield 2026
 // Licensed under the Apache license, version 2.0
 // See LICENSE.txt for details
 

src/InternalToRegfile.cpp

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// (C) Stormshield 2025
+// (C) Stormshield 2026
 // Licensed under the Apache license, version 2.0
 // See LICENSE.txt for details
 

src/PolfileToInternal.cpp

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// (C) Stormshield 2025
+// (C) Stormshield 2026
 // Licensed under the Apache license, version 2.0
 // See LICENSE.txt for details
 

src/RegfileToInternal.cpp

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// (C) Stormshield 2025
+// (C) Stormshield 2026
 // Licensed under the Apache license, version 2.0
 // See LICENSE.txt for details