Question on setting up registry entries under HKCU

[John78]

Hi,

I am using "InstallShield 2013 Limited Edition for Visual Studio".

I would like to add a registry entry under HKEY_CURRENT_USER. In my installshield project, I drag and drop the entries from "Source computer's Registry view" to "Destination computer Registry view". I built the project and created the setup.exe file.

When I tried to install the setup.exe in my test machine, the above registry entries are only installed to the person who installed the setup not to every users.

Kindly help me resolving the issue.

Thanks in advance.

[NameTooShort]

Hi Josh,

Try to use an advertised shortcut. After installing, switch to another user and run that shortcut.
It should trigger an auto-repair and create the registry.

[John78]

kyi wrote:
Hi Josh,

Try to use an advertised shortcut. After installing, switch to another user and run that shortcut.
It should trigger an auto-repair and create the registry.

Thanks for your reply. Where can I find the advertised shortcut?

Also, practically it may not be possible to ask every user to run a script or something. And it may not be possible to verify whether every user executed that. We have huge user base and machines who are using our product.

Thanks

[NameTooShort]

In the Shortcuts/Folders view, if you right click a location in the view, you should see a "New Advertised Shortcut" option.
This not exactly a scrip. It is a functionality built built into Windows Installer.

[John78]

kyi wrote:
In the Shortcuts/Folders view, if you right click a location in the view, you should see a "New Advertised Shortcut" option.
This not exactly a scrip. It is a functionality built built into Windows Installer.

Thanks for reply. In the folders view I have

Shortcuts
>Taskbar
>>Start Menu
>>>Programs Menu
>>>>Startup
>SendTo
>Desktop

If I choose any of the above folders I have "New Advertised Shortuct" option. When I click on it, it is prompting me to choose a target file. Which one I need to choose?

[NameTooShort]

You should choose the program that gets launched.

You can also use an active setup as well. The blog below is for a full version of InstallShield, but you should be able to do this in limited edition as well.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/aruns_blog/archive/2011/06/20/active-setup-registry-key-what-it-is-and-how-to-create-in-the-package-using-admin-studio-install-shield.aspx

[John78]

kyi wrote:
You should choose the program that gets launched.

You can also use an active setup as well. The blog below is for a full version of InstallShield, but you should be able to do this in limited edition as well.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/aruns_blog/archive/2011/06/20/active-setup-registry-key-what-it-is-and-how-to-create-in-the-package-using-admin-studio-install-shield.aspx

Thanks a lot for your help. I will try using it.

[John78]

kyi wrote:
You should choose the program that gets launched.

You can also use an active setup as well. The blog below is for a full version of InstallShield, but you should be able to do this in limited edition as well.
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/aruns_blog/archive/2011/06/20/active-setup-registry-key-what-it-is-and-how-to-create-in-the-package-using-admin-studio-install-shield.aspx

I tried using "Active setup" method and it worked great. However, I found one issue though ...

Say we are installing version 1.0 with some HKCU entries and it will be applied to non-administrator user's registry using Active setup method. And we are creating a new version of our product 2.0 and made some changes to those HKCU entries and installed the new version in our computer. The new changes are not reflected in user's registry.

How it can be fixed?