Re: [WiX-users] HKCU for multiple users - KeyPath usage?

[Feiock, D. <DF...@am...>]

Thanks for the feedback.  What I had envisioned was to have a component
for all the necessary per-machine settings/files/etc.  Then a separate
component that has the current-user settings.  Then to use an
install-on-demand (IOD) process that gets run when each user logs in
that would install the current-user component.  Is doing something like
that possible or am I completely off?  If so, do you have any
suggestions on where to start?

Thanks,
 - DF

-----Original Message-----
From: Sebastian Brand [mailto:seb...@in...]=20
Sent: Sunday, October 07, 2007 6:03 AM
To: Feiock, Dennis
Cc: wix...@li...
Subject: Re: [WiX-users] HKCU for multiple users - KeyPath usage?

What they meant in the MSDN is that you should store settings for the =20
current user only, not every user. If your application still has =20
settings for all users, use HKLM or write it in an xml/ini config in =20
the application folder.

To set entries for specific user's HKCU registry, you can use the =20
HKEY_USERS key but you have to know the user's SID...


Best regards,
Sebastian Brand

Instyler Software - http://www.instyler.com


On Oct 6, 2007, at 4:55 PM, Feiock, Dennis wrote:

> Can someone give me an example on how to use the KeyPath to make =20
> changes to the HKCU registry hive occur for each user on the PC?
>
> Per the msdn article at http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/=20
> aa371168.aspx, they say:
> "Note that it is recommended that registry entries written to the =20
> HKCU hive reference a component having the RegistryKeyPath bit set =20
> in the Attributes column of the Component table. This ensures that =20
> the installer writes the necessary registry entries when there are =20
> multiple users on the same computer."
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>  - DF
>
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