I have a little problem. I have an basic msi installer, that the first thing is to check that exists some registry keys. It works ok on xp and 2003, but I tried it on windows 7 and 2008, and even the key exist, it displays a screen saying there does not exist. I have executed the msi with administrator user, so I have permission....
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i have a very complex installation that works on windows 7 just fine. if it's 64bit then you'll have to be careful which section of the registry you are searching...also, be sure that if your software doesn't support 64 bit, that you check for that condition in your install conditions.
also, starting with vista, you have to make sure you are elevating your privs before writing to the registry. does your installation require admin privs? are you doing your registry modification in deferred execution in system context? if you aren't, then it won't work.
Hi I have been facing the exact same issue and trying to resolve it over the last two weeks. Can you please tell me what privileges are the problem. I am already working in an administrator environment.
