The Registry Location Properties

Root

The Registry Hive Root. Can be one of "Classes Root", "Current User", "Local Machine" or "Users".

Key and Name

The path to the registry location. Use the [ ... ] button to browse the registry and select a key and value using the Registry Picker dialog. Also, you can insert reference to a file, folder or property using Smart Edit Control.

Type

Specifies how to interpret the value found in that registry location: as a path to a file, a folder or raw data.

You should choose the "The value contains a path to a directory" or "The value contains a path to a directory" option only if you are sure that the folder/file is present on the target machine. Otherwise, if the path cannot be resolved, Windows Installer will set the new value for the property to null. In this case use the "Retrieve the raw value" option.

When retrieving the raw value of a registry entry you will get these results:

• for string entries the property of the search will contain the actual value of the registry entry
• for binary entries the property of the search will contain the value of the registry entry preceded by the "#x" characters (for example "#xValue")
• for dword entries the property of the search will contain the value of the registry entry preceded by the "#" character (for example "#Value")

Search the 64-bit...

Check this if you want the 64-bit portion of the registry to be searched.

In case of Merge Module projects the following attributes can be can be made configurable at merge time:

• Root
• Key
• Name
• Type