Would util:RegistrySearch be helpful for you? Bo
-----Messaggio originale----- Da: Pavan Konduru [mailto:pavan.kond...@accelrys.com] Inviato: giovedì 6 marzo 2014 20.26 A: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Oggetto: Re: [WiX-users] read a regkey with special permission Nan, >From where are you getting that value from? Is it a registry value? Will be useful if you post the code you have written so far. --Pavan -----Original Message----- From: Nan Zang [mailto:naz...@microsoft.com] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 10:41 AM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] read a regkey with special permission Pavan, Thank you for the suggestion. But my problem is a little bit complicated. The value I need for the custom action can be only fetched through a deferred custom action. I will get the value from deferred custom action. Now, I need find a way either to pass the value back to WIX; or pass it along to another custom action. Thanks Nan -----Original Message----- From: Pavan Konduru [mailto:pavan.kond...@accelrys.com] Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2014 10:25 AM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] read a regkey with special permission Hi Nan, Before running your custom action , run another custom action that will pass that property to your custom action(set that as immediate). Something like this: Where the "value" is the one that you want from the session, here I used INSTALLLOCATION, so put there your own property. Make sure to run the "SetProperty1" action before your c# custom action. <CustomAction Id="SetProperty1" Property="UpdateKey" Value="[INSTALLLOCATION]" Execute="immediate"/> <CustomAction Id=" UpdateKey " BinaryKey="CustomAction" DllEntry=" UpdateKey " Return="check" Execute='deferred' Impersonate='no'/> In the Installexecute sequence: <Custom Action="SetProperty1" Before=" UpdateKey "> <Custom Action=" UpdateKey " After="PublishProduct"> --Pavan -----Original Message----- From: Nan Zang [mailto:naz...@microsoft.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2014 9:58 PM To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] read a regkey with special permission Hi, I didn't find a possible way to get the regkey value. So, I decided to use an elevated custom action to read the regkey. However, I met with another issue. >From my understanding since my customaction needs to be elevated, so it must >be executed as deferred. However, deferred custom action cannot use session >directly. How can I pass back this value to wix (or another custom action)? I >must pass it back to wix for some sql operation. My custom action is written in C# using Microsoft.Deployment.WindowsInstaller.dll Any help is appreciated. Thanks Nan -----Original Message----- From: Nan Zang [mailto:naz...@microsoft.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 5, 2014 1:33 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. (wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net) Subject: [WiX-users] read a regkey with special permission Hi, I am trying to read a regkey value in the msi. But, this regkey has special ACL set on it, which only allows Local System/Administrator to read it. I am using RegistrySearch Element to read the regkey. The operation will work if the msi is launched through elevated cmd window. But, if launched normally, the operation will fail with error. "Info 1402. Could not open key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Test\. System error 5. 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