Actually we do store install location in the registry. It can be found
somewhere deep in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer
subtree.
It also can be queried using System.Management.Instrumentation:
ManagementObjectSearcher query1 = new ManagementObjectSearcher(
"SELECT * FROM Win32_Product where InstallState = 5 and Caption
= 'IronPython 2.0'");
ManagementObjectCollection queryCollection1 = query1.Get();
foreach (ManagementObject mo in queryCollection1) {
Console.WriteLine(mo["InstallLocation"]);
}
--
Oleg
From: users-boun...@lists.ironpython.com
[mailto:users-boun...@lists.ironpython.com] On Behalf Of Curt Hagenlocher
Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2008 9:28 AM
To: Discussion of IronPython
Subject: Re: [IronPython] Detecting IronPython Installation Directory
Looking at the WiX source (is that included in the source distribution?), it
doesn't appear that we're deliberately writing this information into the
registry. But the MsiProductInfo function should be able to retrieve it from
the sekrit Windows Installer stash.
http://www.pinvoke.net/default.aspx/msi/MsiGetProductInfo.html
Alas, I don't imagine this can be easily accessed from within IronPython
itself, but as Michael suggests, there are simpler ways of doing that :).
On Mon, Dec 22, 2008 at 6:10 PM, Jeff Hardy
<jdha...@gmail.com<mailto:jdha...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Hi,
Does the IronPython 2.0 installer write the installation directory to
a registry key (besides the WIndows Installer keys)? If not, could
that be added to a future release? Or, is there another way to get the
installation directory?
-Jeff
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