Registry View

InstallShield 2019 Express Edition

InstallShield makes the task of modifying the end user’s registry more familiar with the InstallShield Registry view. Use this view to create keys and values in a way that is similar to how you use the Windows Registry Editor.

Additionally, the installer automatically creates certain registry entries based on values you provide for your General Information settings. These “informational keys” are required by Windows logo guidelines.

To see all of the registry data in your installation project, select All Application Data in the Feature list at the top of the view. You can modify or delete registry data, but cannot add new keys or values when this option is selected.

Tip • If you are creating a 64-bit installation and you want to install registry entries to 64-bit registry locations (under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software instead of HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node), add the entry to the SOFTWARE (64-Bit) node, or a subnode. Note that a 64-bit installation cannot be run on 32-bit target systems. To learn more, see Challenges of Supporting Both 32-Bit and 64-Bit Target Operating Systems.

To see how a 32-bit application views the registry on a 64-bit system, launch the 32-bit version of the Registry Editor (the regedit.exe file in the SysWOW64 folder).

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