A log file would show you when the property changes. Are you doing an AppSearch for the registry value? If so, a pre-existing registry value would overwrite the value you gave on the command line.
Rob On 29/09/2011 20:58, Nick Porter wrote: > I am attempting to write new values to the Registry with a Wix > installer on a Windows 7 box. On the first installation the settings > are written properly, I then uninstall the application and find that > the Registry settings are still there (which is what I want). > > When I try to install again, or use an installer that reads/writes to > the same Registry settings the new value I provide is not filled into > the Registry setting. The following is my component that writes to the > Registry. > > <Component Directory="IISROOT" Permanent="yes" > Id="DBConnectionSettings" KeyPath="yes" Guid="THEGUID"> > <RegistryKey Root="HKLM" Key="SOFTWARE\MyCompany\DbConnection" > Action="create"> > <RegistryValue Type="string" Name="Server" Value="[SERVER]" > Action="write" /> > <RegistryValue Type="string" Name="Database" > Value="[DATABASE]" Action="write" /> > </RegistryKey> > </Component> > > It looks like from the log file that the settings are being read in > from the Registry but not being overwritten by whats provided at the > command line however the UI values do overwrite the Registry settings. > Can anyone provide some direction on how to override these settings > from command line? > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a > definitive record of customers, application performance, security > threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes > sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All of the data generated in your IT infrastructure is seriously valuable. Why? It contains a definitive record of application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity, and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. IT sense. And common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy2 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
