WIX will not add HKLM registry setting during Windows 7 install
- by Scott Boettger
Good Morning,
I have written a WiX installer that works perfectly with Windows XP but when installing to a Windows 7 box I am running into difficulty with Registry Entries. What I need to do is add a HKLM entry as well as the registry entry for the program to show in the start menu. Here is the code i am using for both types of entry:
<!-- Create the registry entries for the program -->
<DirectoryRef Id="TARGETDIR">
<Component Id="RegistryEntriesInst" Guid="...">
<RegistryKey Root="HKLM"
Key="Software\$(var.Manufacturer)\$(var.ProductName)"
Action="createAndRemoveOnUninstall">
<RegistryValue Type="string" Name="installed" Value="true" KeyPath="yes"/>
</RegistryKey>
</Component>
<Component Id="RegistryEntriesVer" Guid="...">
<RegistryKey Root="HKLM"
Key="Software\$(var.Manufacturer)\$(var.ProductName)"
Action="createAndRemoveOnUninstall">
<RegistryValue Type="string" Name="version" Value="$(var.ProductVersion)" KeyPath="yes"/>
</RegistryKey>
</Component>
</DirectoryRef>
<!-- To add shortcuts to the start menu to run and uninstall the program-->
<DirectoryRef Id="ApplicationProgramsFolder">
<Component Id="ApplicationShortcut" Guid="...">
<Shortcut Id="ApplicationStartMenuShortcut"
Name="$(var.ProductName)"
Description="..."
Target="[SERVERLOCATION]$(var.Project.TargetFileName)"
WorkingDirectory="SERVERLOCATION"/>
<Shortcut Id="UninstallProduct"
Name="Uninstall $(var.ProductName)"
Description="..."
Target="[System64Folder]msiexec.exe"
Arguments="/x [ProductCode]"/>
<RemoveFolder Id="SERVERLOCATION" On="uninstall"/>
<RegistryValue Root="HKCU" Key="Software\$(var.Manufacturer)\$(var.ProductName)" Name="installed" Type="integer" Value="1" KeyPath="yes"/>
</Component>
</DirectoryRef>
Any help/suggestions that can be given will be appreciated. On a side note the registry permissions are the same on the XP and 7 computers.
Thanks
