Strange key name in registry

[bdimych]

Hello,

I have Windows 10 professional,

Panda Cloud Cleaner found strange key:

C:\Users\bdimych>reg query "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\>{22d6f312-b0f6-11d0-94ab-0080c74c7e95}"

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\>{22d6f312-b0f6-11d0-94ab-0080c74c7e95}
    (Default)    REG_SZ    Microsoft Windows Media Player
    ComponentID    REG_SZ    WMPACCESS
    DontAsk    REG_DWORD    0x2
    Enabled    REG_DWORD    0x1
    IsInstalled    REG_DWORD    0x0
    Locale    REG_SZ    *
    LocalizedName    REG_EXPAND_SZ    @%SystemRoot%\system32\wmploc.dll,-128
    StubPath    REG_EXPAND_SZ    %SystemRoot%\inf\unregmp2.exe /ShowWMP
    Version    REG_SZ    12,0,14393,0

notice grater sign ">"

there is also normal key without ">"

C:\Users\bdimych>reg query "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{22d6f312-b0f6-11d0-94ab-0080c74c7e95}"

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active Setup\Installed Components\{22d6f312-b0f6-11d0-94ab-0080c74c7e95}
    (Default)    REG_SZ    Microsoft Windows Media Player 12.0
    DontAsk    REG_DWORD    0x2
    IsInstalled    REG_DWORD    0x1
    Locale    REG_SZ    EN
    Version    REG_SZ    12,0,10011,16384

I suspect MS Anniversary Update,
what do you think?

PS
this is not advertisement, I installed PCC just yesterday for interest,
Windows Defender and MBAB don't see any threats
 

[Aura]

It looks like a bitflip to me. The greater than sign should be an ".

[bdimych]

hmm, ">" is present in the regedit

[Aura]

Ah my bad, I misinterpreted the quote as being part of the key name. Just realised it was because you used REG QUERY on a key with spaces in them.

[bdimych]

yes, quotes are not in the name, they are around entire path because of spaces