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Registry: Sorting of items

$null = new-item         -path HKCU:\Software\tq84-reg-sort-test

$null = new-itemProperty -path HKCU:\Software\tq84-reg-sort-test -name "xDEF"  -value  test
$null = new-itemProperty -path HKCU:\Software\tq84-reg-sort-test -name "x-abc" -value  test
$null = new-itemProperty -path HKCU:\Software\tq84-reg-sort-test -name "x.mno" -value  test
$null = new-itemProperty -path HKCU:\Software\tq84-reg-sort-test -name "x-PQR" -value  test
$null = new-itemProperty -path HKCU:\Software\tq84-reg-sort-test -name "xghi"  -value  test
$null = new-itemProperty -path HKCU:\Software\tq84-reg-sort-test -name "x JKL" -value  test

In cmd.exe, reg query shows the entries in the order in which they were created:

C:\> reg query HKCU\Software\tq84-reg-sort-test\

PowerShell shows the same order:

PS C:\> get-item HKCU:\Software\tq84-reg-sort-test | foreach-object { $_.property }
xDEF
x-abc
x.mno
x-PQR
xghi
x JKL

However, regedit.exe shows the entries sorted. Especially interesting is that hyphens are not considered for sorting:

Cleaning up

remove-item         -path HKCU:\Software\tq84-reg-sort-test  -recurse

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