You could mark the component as permanent. It won't get uninstalled and so will leave the reg entry alone.
Rob Harvey Werner wrote: > I need to set a registry value to null on a key that was created during > the install of another product's msi. How do I do that? > > I tried the following. It works for the install, but on uninstall it > removes ProgramArguments from the registry which is obviously not what I > want. I just want to set it's value to null and leave it alone. > > <Component Id="bin" ... > <Registry Id="DLM" Root="HKLM" > Key="SOFTWARE\<blah>\<blah>\service\Started > Processes\dlm" Name="ProgramArguments" Type="string" Value=" " > Action="write" /> > </Component> > > How is this done? > > -- > Harvey Werner / [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users