> On 6/14/07, Misha Koshelev <mk144210 at bcm.edu> wrote: > > Actually that brings up a good point, does anything ever get written to > > Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion in HKEY_CURRENT_USER in windows? > > I have no such > > key on my (rather plain) XP install, and from what I can tell wine MSI > > never writes > > to this key (see dlls/msi/registry.c, function MSIREG_OpenUninstallKey line > > 378) in > > HKEY_CURRENT_USER. > > > > Is this done by some specific application, or if not what was the original > > motivation > > for the patches? From what I can tell this was not in the emails you linked. > > Btw, I think it would be a good idea to include this kind of info when you > > submit the patches. > > The original try of the emails (I think towards the end of May), had > it. There is a bug filed for it on bugzilla (search for IMVU). Some > applications (IMVU instant messenger, for one) do use current user by > default, and some installers ask where you want start menu entries and > application settings stored, all users, or current user, where all > users as far as the registry is concerned would be HKLM.. It was > brought up in private after I sent the linked emails, that I should > include that info in every try, so I will do so in the future. > > As for the currentversion key not being there in your xp install, it > may be just because it's a plain xp install. I use XP on a daily > basis and frequently access the registry, and I've never noticed a > time when it was not there with something under it, although I never > checked immediately after a clean install.
Well in that case, my recommendation would be to include the bug # in your patch email with each try, and just to submit one patch with the proper spacing. And if you still don't see it committed, I would try to get in touch with Alexandre and see if he has specific comments. As far as I can tell, there aren't any unit/conformance tests for the uninstaller program (or even anything in the programs folder period???) so I wouldn't think that should hold up its adoption... Misha