Whenever I see someone trying to do something that a built-in action does quite well, I recommend this concept: http://www.joyofsetup.com/2007/07/01/semi-custom-actions/
Why reinvent the wheel? Windows Installer does a fantastic job writing registry entries and removing them later on under all sorts of variable influences. Custom actions that add temporary rows to built-in tables gives you the flexibility to deal with whatever is your reason for making a custom action that writes entries in the registry to begin with (assuming you can't do this some other way using component conditions, features, or some other basic elements of WiX). -----Original Message----- From: Kurt Jensen [mailto:kurt.jen...@ophir-spiricon.com] Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 8:33 AM To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: [WiX-users] Windows 7 Custom Action Registry problem I have a custom action that needs to create entries in the registry under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. The code is written in C# and uses Registry.LocalMachine.CreateSubKey(). I added some logging that tells me that the return value is not null and the custom action does not throw an exception. But the key is never created. What is really weird is that various functions are called that use OpenSubKey(). These functions also log correct return values and do not throw exceptions. But the key is never created. The custom action works fine in XP but fails in Windows 7. I am running the custom action with Impersonate="no". Kurt Jensen Senior Software Engineer Ophir-Spiricon www.Ophir-Spiricon.com <http://www.ophir-spiricon.com/> ********************************************************************** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This footnote also confirms that this email message has been swept by MIMEsweeper for the presence of computer viruses. www.clearswift.com ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Sprint What will you do first with EVO, the first 4G phone? Visit sprint.com/first -- http://p.sf.net/sfu/sprint-com-first _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
