X-Git-Url: http://git.annexia.org/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Finspect.c;fp=src%2Finspect.c;h=370220b584f13778b95f0f7198e2112abe387394;hb=df4dce74a887e013a6aec51e241a90cfb7d3b36a;hp=900b6f41970046a77b31dda3d866929fe79c3b1f;hpb=ec64a418581adbc3c276fe41a1217e63b3ce6654;p=libguestfs.git

diff --git a/src/inspect.c b/src/inspect.c
index 900b6f4..370220b 100644
--- a/src/inspect.c
+++ b/src/inspect.c
@@ -2003,11 +2003,11 @@ list_applications_windows (guestfs_h *g, struct inspect_fs *fs)
             fs->windows_systemroot);
 
   char *software_path = case_sensitive_path_silently (g, software);
-  if (!software_path)
-    /* If the software hive doesn't exist, just accept that we cannot
-     * find product_name etc.
-     */
-    return 0;
+  if (!software_path) {
+    /* Missing software hive is a problem. */
+    error (g, "no HKLM\\SOFTWARE hive found in the guest");
+    return NULL;
+  }
 
   struct guestfs_application_list *apps = NULL, *ret = NULL;
   hive_h *h = NULL;