Hello,

In my setup project contains a installer class and int the Install method create a key in Microsoft.Win32.Registry.LocalMachine.CreateSubKey, but this code is not working in vista, it works fine in Xp

How can implement this
Thanks

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Vineeth

Hi Vineeth,

From my experience, the issue is mostly related to the permission of the user. In vista, we need to run the install package with elevated administrator permissions. In other words, the user has to have administrator permissions.

This link shows how to Marking the Privileges for an MSI:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc163486.aspx#S6.

I suggest not modify the registry keys in a custom action, we can directly add registry keys in Registry View of the Setup Project. If a registry key is added depending on a condition, we can set the condition property of the registry key.

Best regards,

Aland Li

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Hi,

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Hello,

May i know how can set the permission in installer package?

Thanks

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Vineeth

Why don't you use the Registry IDE to create your registry entries?

There's nothing built-in to set the permision in installprojects, even though I'm not sure what permission you're referring to. If you mean permission to right to a registry key, then the answer is that you need to be running as administrator if the key is restricted.

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Phil Wilson