Those were my thoughts initially as well but for this particular setting that 
doesn't work. :(

Jon


-----Original Message-----
From: Dan Gough [mailto:goug...@gmail.com] 
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 6:21 PM
To: chr...@iswix.com; General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Adding Internet Explorer Context Menu item for all 
users in a per machine install

Or try applying the key to HKLM rather than HKCU in the first place.  Many 
Windows settings can apply to either key to give you the flexibility of having 
each setting system-wide or per-user.


On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 9:34 PM, Christopher Painter <chr...@iswix.com>wrote:

> The Registry element  has a Root attribute that you can set to HKCU.  
> If your program has an advertised shortcut you can use this to trigger 
> resilency to complete the installation for each user who uses your app.
> It's an ugly story though like the old Office install that popped up 
> every time you went to a new conference room and logged in.
>
>
> http://wix.sourceforge.net/manual-wix3/wix_xsd_registry.htm
>
>
> Here's an alternative approach that avoids all that:
>
>
>
> http://blogs.flexerasoftware.com/installtalk/2011/11/using-active-setu
> p-to-r
> epair-user-settings.html
>
> ----------------------------------------
>
> From: "McCain, Jon" <jon.mcc...@inin.com>
>
> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 3:28 PM
>
> To: "General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset.
> (wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net)" <wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net>
>
> Subject: [WiX-users] Adding Internet Explorer Context Menu item for 
> all users in a per machine install
>
>
> I have been working on a new install where a context menu is added to 
> the Right-Click Menu within Internet Explorer.
>
>
> Everything I have read regarding this requires the key be added to 
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer. This does work 
> but the issue I have is that our installs are run as per-machine 
> installs and this causes other users that login to not have this menu.
>
>
> Links to MSDN articles explaining context menu additions for Internet
> Explorer: 
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa753589%28VS.85%29.aspx
>
>
> The wxs code is quite simple for this addition:
>
>
> <RegistryValue Id="ctd_classinfo_183" Action="write" Type="string"
> Root="HKCU" Key="Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\keyName"
> Value="[#FileID]"/>
>
> <RegistryValue Id="ctd_classinfo_184" Action="write" Type="string"
> Root="HKCU" Key="Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\MenuExt\ keyName 
> \Contexts" Value="1"/>
>
>
> Has anyone run into this or another issue where a per-machine install 
> is performed but features or other items need to exist for all users 
> in the above fashion?
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Jon
>
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