Adding a System Search

InstallShield 2025

Project: This information applies to the following project types:

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

Your installation can include system searches for different types of installed data on a target system. To add to your project one of the predefined system searches available in InstallShield or a system search that is stored in a repository, see Adding a Predefined System Search. To define your own custom system search, follow the steps below.

To add a system search:

1. Open the System Search view.
2. Right-click the grid and then click Add. The System Search Wizard opens.
3. Complete the panels in the System Search Wizard.

InstallShield adds the search to the grid in the System Search view.

See Also

Special Considerations for Searching the Registry at Run Time