Wow6432Node Registry Key

Windows automatically redirects registry reads for 32-bit applications running on a 64-bit version of Windows. Here's how it works.

When a 32-bit application attempts to read or write registry keys under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software, the operating system transparently redirects these operations to a separate node for 32-bit applications. The redirected location is: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\WOW6432Node.

This redirection ensures that 32-bit applications interact with the appropriate 32-bit registry view, separate from the 64-bit registry entries used by native 64-bit applications.

The components from the packages created with Advanced Installer are not marked of 64-bit, unless a 64-bitpackage type was selected.

If you need to prevent the Windows from redirecting the registries created by the installer under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\<company>\<product> subkey, then you can enable the 64-bit component flag for the component properties associated with the registry:

When the 64-bit Component is enabled, the registries will be created directly under the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\<company>\<product> subkey.