Re: [WiX-users] Windows Server 2008 and the registry

2009-11-13 Thread Wilson, Phil
8:51 PM To: 'General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.' Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Windows Server 2008 and the registry You need both 32-bit and 64-bit registry components. However, 32-bit code normally can't access 64-bit registry areas, so the "correct" solution is a

Re: [WiX-users] Windows Server 2008 and the registry

2009-11-12 Thread Blair
team.com] Sent: Thursday, November 12, 2009 1:01 PM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Windows Server 2008 and the registry Ok, so it was writing to the Wow6432Node. So the next question: How can I force a 32bit installer to install registry keys to both the standard and Wow643

Re: [WiX-users] Windows Server 2008 and the registry

2009-11-12 Thread Wendell Joost
discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Windows Server 2008 and the registry > > Are you running on x86 or x64?  32 bit installer will be remapped on > x64 OS, If x64, registry entries redirect to Wow6432Node, e.g. > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACH

Re: [WiX-users] Windows Server 2008 and the registry

2009-11-12 Thread Phillip_Sidari
PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Windows Server 2008 and the registry Are you running on x86 or x64? 32 bit installer will be remapped on x64 OS, If x64, registry entries redirect to Wow6432Node, e.g. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node

Re: [WiX-users] Windows Server 2008 and the registry

2009-11-12 Thread Wendell Joost
Are you running on x86 or x64? 32 bit installer will be remapped on x64 OS, If x64, registry entries redirect to Wow6432Node, e.g. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Communicator instead of: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Communicator Wendell On Thu, Nov 12, 2009 at 9:33

[WiX-users] Windows Server 2008 and the registry

2009-11-12 Thread Phillip_Sidari
I have an MSI that runs under an administrative account, it successfully updates the registry on Win2K3 and XP, but when I execute the same MSI on Windows Server 2008, it makes no changes to the registry. Note the installer log indicates that the install was completely successful! Is anyone els