I need to copy a binary (REG_BINARY) registry value to a registry key under a Wow6432 Node.
The value is in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\DigitalProductId
The WiX installer target is x86
The machine is 64bit
Windows 7 64 bit
Below is the part of my WiX script that attempts to do the copy. Note: @Win64=yes, which I assume will take the value from the NON-Wow6432Node. The result is an error message during installation
Could not write value DigitalProductID to key ... verify that you have sufficient access to that key
<Property Id="PROPERTYBINARY"> <RegistrySearch Id='searchbinary' Type='raw' Win64='yes' Root='HKLM' Key='SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion' Name='DigitalProductId'/> </Property> <Component Id="componentbinary" Guid="{04367CD7-B41A-4A1D-81C7-E24029FF4926}> <RegistryValue Id='registrykeybinary' Root='HKLM' Key='Software\mycompany\myapp' Type='binary' Name='DigitalProductId' Value="[PROPERTYBINARY]" KeyPath='yes' Action='write'/> </Component> Copying a string (e.g. HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\CurrentType) works and creates the value under Wow6432Node, e.g.
<Property Id="PROPERTYSTRING"> <RegistrySearch Id='searchstring' Type='raw' Win64='no' Root='HKLM' Key='SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion' Name='CurrentType'/> </Property> <Component Id="componentstring" Guid='{F7231D06-DC3B-4D0F-BCBC-EDBD4DF38CA2}'> <RegistryValue Id='registrykeystring' Root='HKLM' Key='Software\mycompany\myapp' Type='string' Name='CurrentType' Value="[PROPERTYSTRING]" KeyPath='yes' Action='write'/> </Component> The registry export (of both the binary and string values) is:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\mycompany] [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\mycompany\myapp] "DigitalProductId"=hex: "CurrentType"="Multiprocessor Free" ( Alternatives I've tried: The same as above but using RegistryKey and RegistryValue
<RegistryKey ... <RegistryValue )
My question is the sames as this one Reading and writing to x86 and x64 registry keys from the same application but instead of doing it in C# I'm using WiX. Perhaps I need a custom action as in this post Wix: Write register entries under HKCU\Software\Classes\Wow6432Node ?
