InstallShield 2019 Express Edition
The quickest way to add registry entries to your installation project is to drag them from one of the source panes in the Registry view and drop them into one of the destination panes. When you drop an entire key onto the Destination computer’s Registry view pane, all of that key’s subkeys and values are added to the selected feature.
To drag and drop a registry entry from the source computer to the destination computer:
| 1. | In the View List under Configure the Target System, click Registry. |
| 2. | In the Feature list, select the feature with which you want to associate the new key. |
| 3. | In the Destination computer’s Registry view pane, click the registry key under which you want to create your new key. |
| 4. | In the Source computer’s Registry view pane, locate the key that you want to include in your installation and drag it to a destination folder in the Destination computer’s Registry view pane. If you drop an entire key onto the destination pane, all of that key’s subkeys and values are added to your installation. |
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.
Using the Context Menu to Drag and Drop Keys
You can use the context menu to move multiple keys and values at one time. Right-click a registry entry, drag it to a destination, and click a command on the context menu.
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Option |
Description |
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All keys & values |
Adds all selected keys, subkeys, and values. |
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Key and its values only |
Adds only the selected key and the key’s values. No subkeys are added. |
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Only this key |
Adds only the selected key, not any of its subkeys or values. |
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Cancel |
Ends the drag and drop operation without making any changes. |
Viewing Both the 32- and 64-Bit Areas of the Source Machine’s Registry on 64-Bit Development Systems
If you are using InstallShield on a 64-bit development system, the Registry view in InstallShield displays both the 32-bit and 64-bit areas of your machine’s registry:
| • | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software |
| • | HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Wow6432Node |
This support enables you to drag and drop entries from those source areas to the appropriate areas in the destination pane of this view when you are configuring registry data changes for your project.
Note that if you want your installation to install registry data to a 64-bit area of the registry on 64-bit target systems without having it redirected to a 32-bit area, you must place the registry data in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE (64-Bit) node in the destination pane in the Registry view. Simply dragging 64-bit data from the source panes in the Registry view to a non-64-bit location in one of the destination panes of the view does not mark the component as 64 bit. For more information, see Challenges of Supporting Both 32-Bit and 64-Bit Target Operating Systems.
Importing Data From Another Machine
A limitation of the drag-and-drop procedure is that it works only if the registry entries exist on your installation development system. If you have registry data from another machine, you can import that data with the Import REG Files Wizard.
See Also
InstallShield 2019 Express Edition Help LibraryApril 2019 |
Copyright Information | Flexera |