Your code looks like a registry search I do in an MSI that is built for 32 and 64 bit and works fine.
The error you are getting resolves to "%1 could not be found." Which is basically that key or value is not there. Double check the key/value is there and you have access, try creating it in the 32bit hive to see if it is a bitness issue. Open your MSI up in Orca or InstEd and check out the RegLocator table to see if the 64bitsearch bit is set on the relevant signature. -----Original Message----- From: Sean Farrow [mailto:sean.far...@seanfarrow.co.uk] Sent: 08 March 2013 19:48 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] acces hklm from a current user installer The platform attribute is x64. Cheers Sean. -----Original Message----- From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com] Sent: 08 March 2013 19:40 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] acces hklm from a current user installer Then I assume you have Package/@Platform assigned as anything other than x86? @Win64 on the default RegistrySearch element instructs the search to look in the 64-bit registry when the value is 'yes'. When the value is 'no', the search looks in the 32-bit registry. The default value depends on the value of the Package/@Platform attribute: if the @Platform attribute value is 'x86', the default @Win64 attribute value is 'no'; otherwise, the default value is 'yes'. -----Original Message----- From: Sean Farrow [mailto:sean.far...@seanfarrow.co.uk] Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 1:31 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] acces hklm from a current user installer Hi: I'm not using th util extension--this is just in msi as tandard! Cheers Sean. -----Original Message----- From: Hoover, Jacob [mailto:jacob.hoo...@greenheck.com] Sent: 08 March 2013 19:15 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] acces hklm from a current user installer From the documentation... RegistrySearch Element (Util Extension) Attributes Name Type Description Required Win64 YesNoType<mk:@MSITStore:C:\Program%20Files%20(x86)\WiX%20Toolset%20v3.7\doc\W iX.chm::/html/util_xsd_simple_type_yesnotype.htm> Instructs the search to look in the 64-bit registry when the value is 'yes'. When the value is 'no', the search looks in the 32-bit registry. The default value is 'no'. -----Original Message----- From: Sean Farrow [mailto:sean.far...@seanfarrow.co.uk] Sent: Friday, March 08, 2013 12:07 PM To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] acces hklm from a current user installer Hi: The key definitely exists on my test system, exporting the key from the registry editor gives: [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Freedom Scientific\JAWS\14.0] The Target value exists underneath. If I author a custom action, this can open the top level "software\freedom scientific\jaws" key but carn't see anything underneath this. The package is being built for x64, so I'm assuming the RegistrySearch will use the 64-bit hive. Any help/info apeciated. Regards Sean. -----Original Message----- From: Gabriel Ivanes [mailto:g...@fastmail.net] Sent: 08 March 2013 15:41 To: General discussion for Windows Installer XML toolset. Subject: Re: [WiX-users] acces hklm from a current user installer Hi, You're sure your key and value exist ? To me -2147287038 means : not exist Le %:Date:, Sean Farrow <sean.far...@seanfarrow.co.uk<mailto:sean.far...@seanfarrow.co.uk>> a écrit: > Hi, > I need to access the hklm key from a per-user install from a registry > search element My property looks like: > <Fragment> > <!--JAWS 14 exe path.--> > <Property Id="JAWS14PATH" Secure="yes"> > <RegistrySearch Id="JAWS14PATH" Root="HKLM" > Key="SOFTWARE\Freedom > Scientific\JAWS\14.0" Name="Target" Type="raw"/> > </Property> > The log looks a follows: > Action 20:40:11: AppSearch. Searching for installed applications > Action start 20:40:11: AppSearch. > AppSearch: Property: JAWS14PATH, Signature: JAWS14PATH MSI (c) (A0:84) > [20:40:11:112]: Note: 1: 2262 2: Signature 3: -2147287038 Do I need > escaped backslashes in strings? > Does anyone have any ideas how I can get this working? > Cheers > Sean. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------- Symantec Endpoint Protection 12 positioned as A LEADER in The > Forrester > Wave(TM): Endpoint Security, Q1 2013 and "remains a good choice" in > the endpoint security space. 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