Windows Installer Editor Reference
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Assembling an Installation
2. From Current Feature, select a feature or condition. (Because any item you add
must be assigned to a specific feature, you cannot add an item when All Features
is selected.)
Items that you add to a feature are installed on the destination computer only if the
feature is installed.
Items that you add to a condition are installed only if the feature is installed and the
condition is true.
3. In a 64-bit installation, right-click in the lower-left list box and select 32-bit View or
64-bit View.
4. In the lower-left list box, select the location for the key.
5. Click Add and select Key.
The Registry Details dialog box appears.
6. From Operation, select Create empty key.
7. In Key, click at the end of the existing text, and add a backslash and the name of
the new key.
Example: Append \Preferences to the end of the existing key name.
8. Click OK.
To add a registry value in Installation Expert
1. Select Installation Expert > Registry page.
2. From Current Feature, select a feature or condition. (Because any item you add
must be assigned to a specific feature, you cannot add an item when All Features
is selected.)
Items that you add to a feature are installed on the destination computer only if the
feature is installed.
Items that you add to a condition are installed only if the feature is installed and the
condition is true.
3. In a 64-bit installation, right-click in the lower-left list box and select 32-bit View or
64-bit View.
4. In the lower-left list box, select the key to contain the value you’re adding.
5. Click Add and select Key.
The Registry Details dialog box appears.
6. Complete the dialog box and click OK.
See
Configuring General Registry Settings
on page 167.
To add a registry value in Setup Editor
1. Do one of the following in Setup Editor:
On the Features tab, expand a feature and then expand its Combined folder.
If the Combined folder does not appear, right-click and select Hide Empty
Folders/Items.
On the Components tab, expand a component.
