Rule number 15 of setups: people would rather hack around in the registry than use an actual API that provides the answer.
In this case, you or the system can call MsiEnumRelatedProducts() passing in the UpgradeCode, and it will return installed products that have that UpgradeCode. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa370103(v=vs.85).aspx --------------- Phil Wilson On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 7:17 AM, David Watson <[email protected]> wrote: > Phil not Bob, sorry :) > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Watson [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 25 April 2014 13:48 > To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Queries on Upgrade > > Installers are registered by product code. > > As Bob said the upgrade code is stored elsewhere in the registry in a > different format so you can't search for it. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Karkare,Aparna [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: 25 April 2014 12:52 > To: General discussion about the WiX toolset. > Subject: Re: [WiX-users] Queries on Upgrade > > Hi Gabriel, > > Sorry but I don't understand your answer. I am not asking what to search for. > As you said for Per user install Upgrade code goes into HKUSERS but when I > checked it wasn't there. It wasn't in HKLM and HKCU as well. 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