Registry Search

MSI Factory

A registry search allows you to read a value from the registry on the user's system. Although it is called a "search" it does not recursively search the registry as the name implies. It merely reads a specific registry value.

Property

Property ID:

The name that uniquely identifies the property. The value read from the registry will be stored in this property if it is found. If not found, the property will contain the Default value below.

Default value:

The default value of the property. This value will be assigned to the property if the registry value cannot be located or read. Note that you cannot set a property with another property. The literal value that you enter will be assigned to the property.

Hide from log output

If checked, the property is not logged during installation. Used to prevent the installer from displaying passwords or other confidential information in the log file.

Save value during admin installation

If checked, the property is saved during administrative installation. When users install from the administrative image, the installation uses the saved values of the properties, rather than the values in the .msi file.

Allow transfer to server side (property is secure)

If checked, the property can be passed to the server side when doing a managed installation with elevated privileges.

Include in compliance check

If checked, the install will abort if the registry value cannot be read. It has the effect of putting this search into the CPPSearch table as well as the AppSearch table.