Hkey_local_machine

[erwin degraeve]

I have a problem on a 64 bits machine when i want to create a key in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MyApplication\Client with

Registry.SetValue(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "SOFTWARE\\MyApplication\\Client", "Multistart", "1", REG_SZ);

the setup create the keys in

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Digicom\Client

how can i solve this problem?

[Ulrich]

I have a problem on a 64 bits machine when i want to create a key in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MyApplication\Client with

Registry.SetValue(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "SOFTWARE\\MyApplication\\Client", "Multistart", "1", REG_SZ);

the setup create the keys in

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Digicom\Client

how can i solve this problem?

Depending on the operating system, you may not be able to work around this. On certain platforms, only 64-bit applications are able to write in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Digicom\Client, while 32-bit applications are subject to registry redirection.

Registry Redirector on MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...32(VS.85).aspx
Registry Reflection on MSDN: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...35(VS.85).aspx

Ulrich

[jassing]

I have a problem on a 64 bits machine when i want to create a key in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MyApplication\Client with

Registry.SetValue(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, "SOFTWARE\\MyApplication\\Client", "Multistart", "1", REG_SZ);

the setup create the keys in

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Digicom\Client

how can i solve this problem?

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