diff --git "a/base/applications/regedit/regproc.c" "b/base/applications/regedit/regproc.c"
index 039ecac4265..e77cc0f783b 100644
--- "a/base/applications/regedit/regproc.c"
+++ "b/base/applications/regedit/regproc.c"
@@ -470,10 +470,20 @@ static void free_parser_data(struct parser *parser)
 
 static void prepare_hex_string_data(struct parser *parser)
 {
+#ifdef __REACTOS__
+    BOOL unicode_in_ascii = FALSE;
+
+    if (!parser->is_unicode && parser->two_wchars[0] == 'W' && parser->two_wchars[1] == 'i')
+        unicode_in_ascii = TRUE;
+#endif
     if (parser->data_type == REG_EXPAND_SZ || parser->data_type == REG_MULTI_SZ ||
         parser->data_type == REG_SZ)
     {
+#ifdef __REACTOS__
+        if (parser->is_unicode || unicode_in_ascii)
+#else
         if (parser->is_unicode)
+#endif
         {
             WCHAR *data = parser->data;
             DWORD len = parser->data_size / sizeof(WCHAR);