Windows Installer Editor Reference
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Assembling an Installation
Registry Page
Use the Registry page to specify the registry entries to be installed, removed, or edited
on the destination computer. You can either add registry entries manually or import a
registry file (.REG). If you import a Visual Basic .VBR file, it will import the registry
settings, but will not automatically set up for the installation of either a remote
automation or DCOM™ server. You also can export to a registry file.
When you import a registry entry that points to a standard directory, such as Win32 or
Program Files, Windows Installer Editor replaces the path to the directory with formatted
text in brackets. As a result, the registry entry automatically points to the correct
directory, no matter where it is located. Example: References to C:\Program Files\ are
replaced with [ProgramFilesFolder].
In addition, if the registry key points to a file in the installation, it is replaced by
[#filekey]. Example: If you have C:\Program Files\MyApp\MyApp.exe in your
installation, and you add a registry key that refers to that file, its value becomes
[#myapp.exe], assuming myapp.exe is the key to the file in the File table. See
Formatted in the Windows Installer SDK Help.
Registry page in a 32-bit installation
Registry values
in the key
selected on the
left.
Registry keys
on your
computer.
Registry keys to
be created on
the destination
computer.
Registry values
to be installed
on the
destination
computer.
