.... and running Regedit is not always going to give you the right answer because you run under your user account (a merge of other keys) giving you a virtual view of the registry for your account, which is David Watson's comment about " is bad form to actually write to HKCR directly (its behaviour depends on the environment)". An example I've seen is that somebody running with the system account (like a service) will not see the same thing as you.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724475(v=vs.85).aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724498(v=vs.85).aspx Phil Wilson Oh the nonsense the company puts at the end of this.............. -----Original Message----- From: Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro) [mailto:edwin.cas...@fiserv.com] Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 2:41 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Can an x86 msi create a registry key under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Wow6432Node on x64 systems? You already have enough information. You need to check the what kind of package it is (check the Summary Information Stream). It is easy for anybody with administrative privileges to create HKLM:\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node, even on an 32-bit system. That said, I think you are looking in the wrong place. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT maps to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes. So to find your 32-bit registry entries for HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT you should be looking at HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Classes. Edwin G. Castro Software Developer - Staff Digital Channels Fiserv Office: 503-746-0643 Fax: 503-617-0291 www.fiserv.com Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > -----Original Message----- > From: Wang, Miaohsi [mailto:miaohsi.w...@invensys.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 2:18 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Can an x86 msi create a registry key under > HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Wow6432Node on x64 systems? > > Hi Edwin, > > 1. This is an x86 installer because it works on both x86 and x64 machines. > 2. I was viewing the Registry on a x64 machine using Regedit.exe, and inside > the Registry I could see HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node. Is this enough to > say that I was viewing the Registry using a 64-bit process? > > Given the above information, could you please let me know where in the msi > to start troubleshooting the problem? > > Thanks a lot, > Miaohsi > > -----Original Message----- > From: Castro, Edwin G. (Hillsboro) [mailto:edwin.cas...@fiserv.com] > Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 12:30 PM > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Can an x86 msi create a registry key under > HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Wow6432Node on x64 systems? > > Are you certain you are creating an x86 msi package? > > Are you using a 32-bit process to view the contents of the registry? If yes, > then the location looks exactly as it should. > > If you are certain that you are using a 64-bit process to view the contents of > the registry then I would revisit the bitness of the msi package itself. > > Edwin G. Castro > Software Developer - Staff > Digital Channels > Fiserv > Office: 503-746-0643 > Fax: 503-617-0291 > www.fiserv.com > P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Wang, Miaohsi [mailto:miaohsi.w...@invensys.com] > > Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 11:08 AM > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Can an x86 msi create a registry key under > > HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Wow6432Node on x64 systems? > > > > Hi David, > > > > Thank you for the information. Below is my component definition: > > > > <Component Id="ClientOnlyInstallRegistryData" Guid="{AC00CCB7-73F2- > > 4520-984F-4BEAF3B2A063}" KeyPath="yes" SharedDllRefCount="no" > > > <RegistryKey Id="Registry1" Key="RTServerRM_6.0" Root="HKCR" > > Action="createAndRemoveOnUninstall" /> > > <RegistryKey Id="Registry2" Key="Software\Classes\RTServerRM_6.0" > > Root="HKLM" Action="createAndRemoveOnUninstall" /> </Component> > > > > As you can see Registry1 is targeted for HKCR and Registry2 for HKLM. > > As a result of the installation, "RTServerRM_6.0" is created right > > under HKCR and the same key is also created right under > > HKLM\Software\Classes, not under > HKLM\Software\Classes\Wow6432Node as desired. > > > > Your help will be greatly appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > Miaohsi > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: David Watson [mailto:dwat...@sdl.com] > > Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 10:01 AM > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Can an x86 msi create a registry key under > > HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Wow6432Node on x64 systems? > > > > 32 bit (x86) installers can indeed write to wow6432nodes and do so by > > by default. > > > > Specify the key you wish to write to and omit Wow6432Node as they will > > be redirected there automatically. > > http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/write_a_registry_entry.htm > > > > Its also worth noting that Microsoft say it is bad form to actually > > write to HKCR directly (its behaviour depends on the environment) so > > for per machine installs you should install to HKLM\Software\Classes > > and HKCU\Software\Classes for per user installs. > > > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724475(VS.85).aspx > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Wang, Miaohsi [mailto:miaohsi.w...@invensys.com] > > Sent: 30 June 2011 16:35 > > To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. > > Subject: [WiX-users] Can an x86 msi create a registry key under > > HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Wow6432Node on x64 systems? > > > > Dear All, > > > > I have an x86 installer which needs to create a registry key under > > HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Wow6432Node on 64-bit machines. 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