Anthony Okusanya wrote:
> Hi all
> I have a utility I wrote using ActivePerl. It is used to install
> applications and hotfixes on Windows servers. I am trying to modify this to
> work with the 64bit version of Windows 2003. The problem is that due to the
> registry re-direction that 64it uses to maintain 32bit compatibility, my
> script is not reading the registry keys properly.
> Here is a sample of my script. the CHKPATCH subroutine is used to test for
> the existence of a patch
> e.g to determine if KB896424 is installed I simply call CHKPATCH("KB896424").
> On 64bit, this utility does not read the registry key listed below because
> its running in 32 bit mode
> even though I can see the key when I run Regedit from the server.
>
> use Win32::TieRegistry(Delimiter=>"/");
> .......
> sub CHKPATCH
> {
> my $hotfix;
> if($hotfix =$Registry->{"LMachine/SOFTWARE/Microsoft/Windows
> NT/CurrentVersion/HotFix/$_[0]"})
> {
> return 1;
> }
> else
> {
> return 0;
> }
>
> }
>
> Sorry for Rambling on and on but if anyone has any ideas I would be most
> appreciative
If you read the keys around that area, which ones work and which don't ?
Like can you access the HotFix key above $_[0] ? If you can see it in regedit,
you would think you could see if from Perl.
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