Re: [WiX-users] RegistrySearch example in tutorial

2013-08-28 Thread Robert Clancy
: Wednesday, 28 August 2013 3:26 AM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] RegistrySearch example in tutorial The original registry search you posted doesn't have Win64=yes so it will be a 32-bit registry search if you have an x86 platform install (and it looks

Re: [WiX-users] RegistrySearch example in tutorial

2013-08-28 Thread Blair Murri
create using the WiX toolset. From: rob...@softdev.net To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 07:33:17 + Subject: Re: [WiX-users] RegistrySearch example in tutorial Hi Phil/Blair, I'm just trying to get through the tutorial on a x64 machine. The problem was resolved

Re: [WiX-users] RegistrySearch example in tutorial

2013-08-27 Thread Blair Murri
: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 23:52:18 + Subject: Re: [WiX-users] RegistrySearch example in tutorial Thanks for both replies. I am indeed on a x64 machine and have no idea how to distinguish between x86/x64 registries. I've probably created the key in the wrong one. Any pointers? To open the editor, I

Re: [WiX-users] RegistrySearch example in tutorial

2013-08-27 Thread Phil Wilson
: [WiX-users] RegistrySearch example in tutorial Thanks for both replies. I am indeed on a x64 machine and have no idea how to distinguish between x86/x64 registries. I've probably created the key in the wrong one. Any pointers? To open the editor, I type in regedit If not that, then how

[WiX-users] RegistrySearch example in tutorial

2013-08-26 Thread Robert Clancy
I'm a novice user, going through Getting Started. I cannot get the RegistrySearch to work, or FILEEXISTS - both from Where to Install? page in your tutorial. I suspect it is because this element: Property Id=INSTALLDIR RegistrySearch Id='AcmeFoobarRegistry' Type='raw' Root='HKLM'

Re: [WiX-users] RegistrySearch example in tutorial

2013-08-26 Thread Blair Murri
Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 06:31:51 + Subject: [WiX-users] RegistrySearch example in tutorial I'm a novice user, going through Getting Started. I cannot get the RegistrySearch to work, or FILEEXISTS - both from Where to Install? page in your tutorial. I suspect it is because this element

Re: [WiX-users] RegistrySearch example in tutorial

2013-08-26 Thread Phil Wilson
Do you have a 32-bit MSI and are trying to read a 64-bit registry location, per chance? Or vice versa? From: rob...@softdev.net To: wix-users@lists.sourceforge.net Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2013 06:31:51 + Subject: [WiX-users] RegistrySearch example in tutorial I'm a novice user, going

Re: [WiX-users] RegistrySearch example in tutorial

2013-08-26 Thread Robert Clancy
To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] RegistrySearch example in tutorial What often happens is that there is a custom action to set the default INSTALLDIR location to the program files folder, and people forget to make it conditional, with a condition