On a 64 bit machine the key is at: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\DevDiv\vs\Servicing\11.0
So I wonder if when you indicated that it succeeded if it actually found the key under the 32 bit registry node and you checked under the 64 bit node which does not have the relative path of .\vs\Servicing etc. -- View this message in context: http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Can-t-understand-util-RegistrySearch-s-behavior-tp7586724p7586742.html Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF.net email is sponsored by Windows: Build for Windows Store. http://p.sf.net/sfu/windows-dev2dev _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users