diff --git a/docs/notes/bugfix-14052.md b/docs/notes/bugfix-14052.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..834ae3ffee2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/notes/bugfix-14052.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+# LiveCode 7 crashes without error in many commands
diff --git a/engine/src/dskw32.cpp b/engine/src/dskw32.cpp
index de7f055d786..d44ef088652 100644
--- a/engine/src/dskw32.cpp
+++ b/engine/src/dskw32.cpp
@@ -382,6 +382,8 @@ bool MCS_registry_type_to_string(uint32_t p_type, MCStringRef& r_string)
 		}
 	}
 
+    // SN-2014-11-18: [[ Bug 14052 ]] Avoid to return a nil string (the result is not checked anyway).
+    r_string = MCValueRetain(kMCEmptyString);
 	return false;
 }
 
diff --git a/engine/src/exec-files.cpp b/engine/src/exec-files.cpp
index 48a8677f269..04b2755636b 100644
--- a/engine/src/exec-files.cpp
+++ b/engine/src/exec-files.cpp
@@ -455,6 +455,8 @@ void MCFilesEvalQueryRegistryWithType(MCExecContext& ctxt, MCStringRef p_key, MC
 		{
 			ctxt.SetTheResultToValue(*t_error);
 			r_string = MCValueRetain(kMCEmptyString);
+            // SN-2014-11-18: [[ Bug 14052 ]] Assign the empty string to the type as well.
+            r_type = MCValueRetain(kMCEmptyString);
 		}
 		else
 			ctxt.SetTheResultToEmpty();