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Wildcard character in registry paths results in "Illegal characters in path." #4704

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Wildcard character in registry paths results in "Illegal characters in path."#4704
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Issue-BugIssue has been identified as a bug in the productIssue has been identified as a bug in the productResolution-FixedThe issue is fixed.The issue is fixed.WG-Engine-Providersbuilt-in PowerShell providers such as FileSystem, Certificates, Registry, etc.built-in PowerShell providers such as FileSystem, Certificates, Registry, etc.
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opened on Aug 30, 2017
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In Win10 (10.0.16275.1000) and beta6, I am unable to use powershell to modify registry keys that are named "*".

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Remove-Item "HKCU:\Software\Classes\*\shell\"
# or try with escape
Remove-Item "HKCU:\Software\Classes\``*\shell\"

Expected behavior

Registry key is removed.

Actual behavior

Remove-Item : Illegal characters in path.
Parameter name: path
At line:1 char:1
+ Remove-Item "HKCU:\Software\Classes\``*\shell\"
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (:) [Remove-Item], ArgumentException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.ArgumentException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.RemoveItemCommand

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> $PSVersionTable
Name                           Value
----                           -----
PSVersion                      6.0.0-beta
PSEdition                      Core
GitCommitId                    v6.0.0-beta.6
OS                             Microsoft Windows 10.0.16275
Platform                       Win32NT
PSCompatibleVersions           {1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 4.0...}
PSRemotingProtocolVersion      2.3
SerializationVersion           1.1.0.1
WSManStackVersion              3.0
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