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srout2000
Level 2

installer registry access in windows server 2012

I have a custom action in an Installshield Basic MSI project to find out the version of SQL Server from registry.

RegKey2012 = "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\" & _
"Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.MSSQLSERVER\"
If RegKeyExists(RegKey2012) Then
WScript.StdOut.Write("2012")
Else
WScript.StdOut.Write("2008R2")
End If

Function RegKeyExists(Key)
Dim oShell, entry
On Error Resume Next
Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
entry = oShell.RegRead(Key)
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
Err.Clear
RegKeyExists = False
Else
Err.Clear
RegKeyExists = True
End If
End Function


The installer works fine on a Windows 7 machine. The above script works fine in isolation on a Windows Server 2012 machine. However when I run the installer (as ADMIN) on windows server 2012, it does not work as expected and the error description is - It cannot find the registry key.

Any ideas.
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RakeshXP
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srout2000 wrote:
I have a custom action in an Installshield Basic MSI project to find out the version of SQL Server from registry.

RegKey2012 = "HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\" & _
"Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL11.MSSQLSERVER\"
If RegKeyExists(RegKey2012) Then
WScript.StdOut.Write("2012")
Else
WScript.StdOut.Write("2008R2")
End If

Function RegKeyExists(Key)
Dim oShell, entry
On Error Resume Next
Set oShell = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
entry = oShell.RegRead(Key)
If Err.Number <> 0 Then
Err.Clear
RegKeyExists = False
Else
Err.Clear
RegKeyExists = True
End If
End Function


The installer works fine on a Windows 7 machine. The above script works fine in isolation on a Windows Server 2012 machine. However when I run the installer (as ADMIN) on windows server 2012, it does not work as expected and the error description is - It cannot find the registry key.

Any ideas.


Why don't you try System Search option to detect the registry entry?
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