Walter, Have you tried using procmon to watch the executable(s)? It will record registry access, though I'm not sure if it will record that the app was attempting to access a key that does not exist, but it's definitely worth a shot!
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645 -Chad On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 12:28 PM, Dennis Redfield < dennis.lee.redfi...@gmail.com> wrote: > You really are at the mercy of the folks who wrote the installer, perhaps > they will chime in. The Registry system is quite complex and is a > combination of keys required by the system: security, uninstall, service > installation and keys which are set uniquely by the application (I assume > this is what you intended when you said APP REG KEYS). So your best bet is > to go back to the couchdb installation source, talk to the installation > authors and hit the books. > > BTW: The reason I asked your intent (i.e. your goal) was what you are > attempting to do is going to require some real effort - if do-able at all > and I was hoping that if I knew what you were trying to accomplish there > might be another way to achieve the goal. > > Question: I understand (from the Wiki) that mySQL does NOT run as a > windows > service but as a process within the hosting application (e.g. as a linked > lib). Is this not correct? > > thanks > > dlr > > > On Thursday, August 4, 2011, Walter Torres <otrwal...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Ok, ok. I guess I should be very specific.... > > > > When I refer to REG KEYS, I do not include KEYS that windows creates > > when a SERVICE is installed. To my referring to APP REG KEYS, not > > windows SERVICE REG KEYS > > > > Am I splitting hairs? I don't think so. SERVICE REG KEYS are not used > > by the app. > > > > When I installed "erlsrv.exe" as a SERVICE, windows created the > > SERVICE REG KEYS. It appears in the SERVICES control and it allows me > > to attempt to start it. > > > > I believe that the error I am getting is because the app is trying to > > access an APP KEY of some kind. > > > > As for reading the installer code; well I did that for about an hour > > and nothing jumped out at me. But than, I'm not that experiences with > > windows installer. > > > > That's why I asked in here. I was hoping someone who had experience > > with the windows would know about keys and might know a work around. > > > > I was really hoping that this group would be a bit different than > > other open source groups. I don't know why I would have that > > expectation. I ran into the same "resistance", the same "bewilderment" > > at the idea of not using an installer when I started working on apache > > and on nearly every Linux based app that has a windows binary. > > > > Maybe these replies are thinking they are helping, but read the > > replies again. Do they really help with the scenario given? Not from > > my POV. They read to me as just questioning my logic not addressing > > the issue. > > > > Does anyone gave any experience with windows? With how the app uses KEYS, > etc. > > > > I don't have the experience to correct any code and recompile a > > binary. And I think that is what will have to happen. I don't believe > > there is any reason, none, for the need of a REG KEY, and I'm not > > talking about any SERVICE REG KEYS. > > > > Anyone have any ideas or anyone with the bandwidth to look into this? > > > > > > --------------------------------------- > > Walter > > > > On Aug 4, 2011, at 9:28 AM, Keith Gable <zi...@ignition-project.com> > wrote: > > > >> On Aug 4, 2011 9:22 AM, "Walter Torres" <wal...@torres.ws> wrote: > >>> > >>> I have Apache and mySQL running, as a SERVICE, without REG KEYS. > >> > >> Impossible. You still have to have the service keys in the registry that > >> tell Windows how to start/stop services. Maybe CouchDB is attempting to > >> install this for you or expects to read settings from those keys. I'd > check > >> the source for the installer code and go from there. > > > > -- > Trust No One >
