Cookbook broken on windows

[spuder]

We have been using this cookbook for a while. Recently it started throwing this error that it can't find ::Win32::Registry

Using chef 12.13.x

10.3.30.249
10.3.30.249
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10.3.30.249 Recipe Compile Error in c:/chef/cache/cookbooks/ark/attributes/default.rb
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10.3.30.249
10.3.30.249 Win32::Registry::Error
10.3.30.249 ----------------------
10.3.30.249 The system cannot find the file specified.
10.3.30.249
10.3.30.249 Cookbook Trace:
10.3.30.249 ---------------
10.3.30.249   c:/chef/cache/cookbooks/ark/attributes/default.rb:25:in `from_file'
10.3.30.249
10.3.30.249 Relevant File Content:
10.3.30.249 ----------------------
10.3.30.249 c:/chef/cache/cookbooks/ark/attributes/default.rb:
10.3.30.249
10.3.30.249  18:
10.3.30.249  19:  default['ark']['apache_mirror'] = 'http://apache.mirrors.tds.net'
10.3.30.249  20:  default['ark']['prefix_root'] = '/usr/local'
10.3.30.249  21:  default['ark']['prefix_bin'] = '/usr/local/bin'
10.3.30.249  22:  default['ark']['prefix_home'] = '/usr/local'
10.3.30.249  23:  default['ark']['tar'] = case node['platform_family']
10.3.30.249  24:                          when 'windows'
10.3.30.249  25>>                           "\"#{::Win32::Registry::HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.open(
10.3.30.249  26:                              'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\7zFM.exe', ::Win32::Registry::KEY_READ).read_s('Path')}\\7z.exe\""
10.3.30.249  27:                          when 'mac_os_x', 'freebsd'
10.3.30.249  28:                            '/usr/bin/tar'
10.3.30.249  29:                          when 'smartos'
10.3.30.249  30:                            '/bin/gtar'
10.3.30.249  31:                          else
10.3.30.249  32:                            '/bin/tar'
10.3.30.249  33:                          end
10.3.30.249  34:
10.3.30.249
10.3.30.249 Platform:
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10.3.30.249 x64-mingw32
10.3.30.249
10.3.30.249 [2016-09-10T20:55:44-04:00] ERROR: Running exception handlers
10.3.30.249 [2016-09-10T20:55:44-04:00] ERROR: Exception handlers complete
10.3.30.249 [2016-09-10T20:55:44-04:00] INFO: Sending resource update report (run-id: b530c2c9-280d-4d52-adba-c76607ab9e74)
10.3.30.249 [2016-09-10T20:55:45-04:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to c:/chef/cache/chef-stacktrace.out
10.3.30.249 [2016-09-10T20:55:45-04:00] FATAL: Please provide the contents of the stacktrace.out file if you file a bug report
10.3.30.249 [2016-09-10T20:55:45-04:00] FATAL: Win32::Registry::Error: The system cannot find the file specified.

This is reproducible with test kitchen.

The cookbook versions it is trying to use are:

    Transferring files to <dotnet-agent-windows2012r2>
       Starting Chef Client, version 12.13.37
       Creating a new client identity for dotnet-agent-windows2012r2 using the validator key.
       resolving cookbooks for run list: ["test-helper::default", "iis", "appdynamics::dotnet_agent"]
       Synchronizing Cookbooks:
         - test-helper (0.0.1)
         - iis (5.0.0)
         - appdynamics (0.2.5)
         - windows (2.0.2)
         - python (1.4.6)
         - nodejs (2.4.4)
         - java (1.42.0)
         - apt (4.0.2)
         - powershell (5.0.0)
         - ark (1.2.0)
         - build-essential (6.0.5)
         - yum-epel (1.0.1)
         - homebrew (2.1.2)
         - compat_resource (12.14.2)
         - ms_dotnet (3.0.0)
         - chef_handler (1.4.0)
         - seven_zip (2.0.2)
         - mingw (1.2.4)
         - yum (4.0.0)
       Installing Cookbook Gems:
       Compiling Cookbooks...

       ================================================================================
       Recipe Compile Error in C:/Users/ADMINI~1/AppData/Local/Temp/kitchen/cache/cookbooks/ark/attributes/default.rb
       ================================================================================

       Win32::Registry::Error
       ----------------------
       The system cannot find the file specified.

       Platform:
       ---------
       x64-mingw32


       Running handlers:
       [2016-09-12T10:26:41-07:00] ERROR: Running exception handlers
       Running handlers complete
       [2016-09-12T10:26:41-07:00] ERROR: Exception handlers complete
       Chef Client failed. 0 resources updated in 30 seconds
       [2016-09-12T10:26:41-07:00] FATAL: Stacktrace dumped to C:/Users/ADMINI~1/AppData/Local/Temp/kitchen/cache/chef-stacktrace.out
       [2016-09-12T10:26:41-07:00] FATAL: Please provide the contents of the stacktrace.out file if you file a bug report
       [2016-09-12T10:26:41-07:00] FATAL: Win32::Registry::Error: The system cannot find the file specified.
$$$$$$ C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/2.1.0/x64-mingw32/dl.so: warning: already initialized constant DL::RUBY_FREE
$$$$$$ C:/opscode/chef/embedded/lib/ruby/gems/2.1.0/gems/net-ssh-3.2.0/lib/net/ssh/authentication/pageant.rb:16: warning: previous definition of RUBY_FREE was here
$$$$$$ DL is deprecated, please use Fiddle

https://github.com/chef-cookbooks/ark/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#12-2016-07-03

sous-chefs/ark#157