Installshield write to registry

To specify a registry key to be created on the target system when a component is installed:. Associate the registry set with one or more components by clicking the registry set and selecting the desired components in the Registry Set Install Conditions pane. InstallShield adds your new key with an empty default string value.

By default, all keys that you create are set for automatic installation and uninstallation. Deletes the specified key from the registry. Deletes a value from a specified registry key. Closes the connection to a remote registry.

Retrieves a value from under the application information key. Retrieves a value from under a key in the registry. Checks that a registry key exists. Queries a key for its subkeys and value names. Returns the number of subkeys or values under a specified key. Several features have been added to make this more robust. Status - A dialog box is displayed while the items contained in the registry key are being processed. The entries to be processed are grouped into sections and the dialog box highlights the current section being processed.

You can disable the status dialog box feature. Performance - The majority of the commands contained in the Run and RunOnce registry keys create separate processes, which is very inefficient. The RunEx and RunOnceEx registry keys also support a dependency list of DLLs that remain loaded while either all the sections or some of the sections are being processed.

Error Handling - If an exception occurs while calling a function in a DLL, the exception is caught and an error dialog box is displayed to the user. You can suppress this error dialog box using a flag in the RunOnceEx registry key. Deterministic - The RunOnceEx and RunEx registry keys sort the entries and sections alphabetically to force a deterministic order. This function broadcasts a notification message that informs all applications about a change in the environment settings, e.

When we deploy a new version of this software I want to know what choice that user made the first time, so we can skip this part of the installation. The most logic place, to me, is the Uninstall folder since this is part of the installation and not the actual program. So is it possible to place an additional key in there? If it is possible, how do you do it in InstallShield? Sign up or log in Sign up using Google. Sign up using Facebook. Sign up using Email and Password.

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