It is trying to use the directory as a fallback for your keypath. What you
probably want in this component is for one of the registry keys to be the key
path, then it won't try to use the directory for that.
Something like the following perhaps:
<Component Id="foo" Guid="MyGUID" Directory="NotUsed">
<RegistryKey Root="HKCU" Key="MyKey"
Action="createAndRemoveOnUninstall">
<RegistryValue Name="MyValue" Action="write" Type="string"
Value="data" KeyPath="yes" />
</RegistryKey>
</Component>
--
Bryan
-----Original Message-----
From: Rodney Schuler [mailto:rschu...@gmail.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 25, 2010 2:36 PM
To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: [WiX-users] Pure registry component without a directory?
One feature of the .msi that I am trying to build is a large collection of
HKCU registry edits with no associated file. (Wix-3) The first thing I
tried using was components like:
<Component Id="foo" Guid="MyGUID" >
<RegistryKey Root="HKCU" Key="MyKey"
Action="createAndRemoveOnUninstall">
<RegistryValue Name="MyValue" Action="write" Type="string"
Value="data" />
</RegistryKey>
</Component>
That makes errors like "error CNDL0010: The Component/@Directory attribute was
not found; it is required.". Hmm... This is just a gob of HKCU entries why do
I need a directory? How about I try some dummy directory:
<Component Id="foo" Guid="MyGUID" Directory="NotUsed">
<RegistryKey Root="HKCU" Key="MyKey"
Action="createAndRemoveOnUninstall">
<RegistryValue Name="MyValue" Action="write" Type="string"
Value="data" />
</RegistryKey>
</Component>
That makes errors like "LGHT0204: ICE18: KeyPath for Component: 'foo' is
Directory: 'NotUsed'. The Directory/Component pair must be listed in the
CreateFolders table.". OK, fair enough, my dummy directory has to exist.
Go grab a random folder from another feature in the product:
<Component Id="foo" Guid="MyGUID" Directory="INSTALLDIR">
<RegistryKey Root="HKCU" Key="MyKey"
Action="createAndRemoveOnUninstall">
<RegistryValue Name="MyValue" Action="write" Type="string"
Value="data" />
</RegistryKey>
</Component>
hat makes errors like "LGHT0204: ICE18: KeyPath for Component: 'foo' is
Directory: 'INSTALLDIR'. The Directory/Component pair must be listed in the
CreateFolders table.". INSTALLDIR worked fine in that other feature with files
what gives?
I have been using wix for less that a week, so I am easily confused. How
should I go about creating a feature that is just a gob of registry edits?
Thanks
-Rodney
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