I guess what I really want is an installer that works on either. Is there
a condition I can use to detect that I am on a 64 bit machine (and thus
activate the right registrysearch tag)?
-Steve
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-----Original Message-----
From: "John Vottero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: 6/25/07 9:42:00 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: RE: [WiX-users] 64 bit newbie question
> I have a RegistrySearch tag that attempts to look up values in
> Root='HKLM'
> Key='Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server Extensions\12.0' but
on
> 64
> bit machines, it ends up searching for
> "HKLM\Software\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Web Server
> Extensions\12.0" (according to Process Monitor), which yields thw
wrong
> result. Where does the "Wow6432Node" part come from? I am guessing
> that it
> means my MSI is running in 64 bit mode, but I am not sure what the
> proper
> solution is. (Using WIX 2.x) Thanks!
Windows Installer thinks that it's a 32bit installer being installed on
a 64 bit system so, it looks in the 32bit compatibility area of the
registry (Wow6432Node). You need to set Win64="yes" on the
RegistrySearch element. I'm not sure if that's all you need to do or
not, I've never tried to access the 64 bit registry from a 32 bit MSI.
Do you want a 32bit or 64bit installer?
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