Visual Studio 2010 64 bit setup registry issue

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I've Visual Studio 2010 on a Vista 64bit. I've created a setup project, with x64 target. I've added two Launch Condition :

  1. Search on Registry Key "SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{1F1C2DFC-2D24-3E06-BCB8-725134ADF989}" Try to find Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 Service Pack 1 Redistributable x86.
  2. Search on Registry Key "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\{8220EEFE-38CD-377E-8595-13398D740ACE}" Try to finMicrosoft Visual C++ 2008 Service Pack 1 Redistributable x64.

The installer find the first key, but not the second! I suppose that the OS redirects the installer under the Wow6432Node! Why if the target is x64 ? How can an installer looks in the "64bit registry zone" ?

Thank you. Salvo

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2 Answers

1
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This isn't supported by Visual Studio setup projects. However, you can try this:

  • after building the project open the MSI with Orca
  • go to RegLocator table and find the 64-bit search
  • in "Type" column change the value to 18
  • save the changes

This way the registry search should use the 64-bit hive.

1
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There's a Connect issue with a workaround to automate the answer given by Cosmin Pirvu. It uses JScript in a post-build step to make the edit to the MSI file.