You can access the x64 registry from within a x86 process. See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724878%28v=vs.85%29.aspx. The RegistrySearch element supports switching between x86 and x64 registry by using Win64 attribute.
Michael Am 29.06.2011 09:55, schrieb Kryschan: > Kryschan wrote: >> I'm trying create a bootstrapper containing some 64bit MSI packages, which >> (of course) shall be installed on a x64 system. As the MSIs are installed >> in silent mode, my bootstrapper should gather the required information >> from the user, which also includes reading values from the windows >> registry. >> >> The problem is, that it seems to be not possible to compile the >> bootstrapper exe for x64 or at least Any CPU. Therefore on target machine >> it is run in WOW-mode (under 32bit) and hence can only access the 32bit >> registry. >> >> I am using Visual Studio 2010 together with WiX 3.6.1817.0. Am I missing >> something or is Burn not ment to run under 64bit? >> > Can't anyone help me with this? I fear I will end up spawning a new process > running under 64bit which then accesses the registry for my bootstrapper. > > -- > View this message in context: > http://windows-installer-xml-wix-toolset.687559.n2.nabble.com/Burn-bootstrapper-as-x64-exe-tp6495357p6528052.html > Sent from the wix-users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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-d2d-c2 > _______________________________________________ > WiX-users mailing list > WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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-d2d-c2 _______________________________________________ WiX-users mailing list WiX-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/wix-users
