Registry View

InstallShield 2015

Project: The Registry view is available in the following project types:

Basic MSI
DIM
InstallScript
InstallScript MSI
InstallScript Object
Merge Module
MSI Database
MSM Database
Transform

The Registry view enables you to define registry keys and values to be created by your installation. This view has four different panes. The two top panes show the registry data contained on your development system, and the two bottom panes are where you set up the registry data to be created on the target system.

For Windows Installer projects (Basic MSI, DIM, InstallScript MSI, Merge Module, MSI Database, MSM Database, Transform), you can use the View Filter list at the top of the view to select the component whose registry data you want to display.

All registry data (except the <Default> registry set in a InstallScript project) must be associated with a component. This way, for installation projects, if the component’s feature is selected for installation, the component’s registry data are set up on the target system.

In InstallScript projects, groups of registry keys and values are called registry sets. There is no limit to the number of registry sets you can create (or the number of keys and values inside a single registry set).

The installer automatically creates certain registry entries based on values you provide in the General Information view. These informational keys are required by Windows logo guidelines. Also, all of a component’s advanced settings are used to register files on the target system.

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