RegistrySearch Element
- Description
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Searches for file, directory or registry key and assigns to value of parent Property
- Windows Installer references
- RegLocator Table, Signature Table
- Parents
- ComplianceCheck, Property
- Inner Text
- None
- Children
- Choice of elements (min: 0, max: 1)
- DirectorySearch (min: 0, max: 1)
- DirectorySearchRef (min: 0, max: 1)
- FileSearch (min: 0, max: 1)
- FileSearchRef (min: 0, max: 1)
- Attributes
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Name Type Description Required Id String Signature to be used for the file, directory or registry key being search for. Yes Key String Key for the registry value. Yes Name String Registry value name. Root Enumeration Root key for the registry value. This attribute's value should be one of the following: - HKCR
- HKCU
- HKLM
- HKU
Yes Type Enumeration The value must be 'file' if the last child is a FileSearch element and must be 'directory' if last child is a DirectorySearch element. This attribute's value should be one of the following: - directory
- Sets a directory path from the registry value.
- file
- Sets a file path from the registry value.
- raw
- Sets the raw value from the registry value. Please note that this value will contain a prefix as follows:
DWORD: Starts with '#' optionally followed by '+' or '-'.
REG_BINARY: Starts with '#x' and the installer converts and saves each hexadecimal digit (nibble) as an ASCII character prefixed by '#x'.
REG_EXPAND_SZ: Starts with '#%'.
REG_MULTI_SZ: Starts with '[~]' and ends with '[~]'.
REG_SZ: No prefix, but if the first character of the registry value is '#', the installer escapes the character by prefixing it with another '#'.
Yes Win64 YesNoType Instructs the search to look in the 64-bit registry when the value is 'yes'. Default is 'no' and search looks in the 32-bit registry. - See Also
- Wix Schema, ComponentSearch, IniFileSearch