[wpkg-users] Check registry key fails on Windows XP x64 machine

[Marco]

REMINDER:

The registry looks different for 32bit applications and 64bit applications !

Not only the registry, also the filesystem!

Greetings ...
  Marco


On 23.10.2014 10:22, Ulli Conrad wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> just stumbled about a problem on a machine running Windows XP in a
> 64bit version.
>
> The check statement in a package is checking for a specific registry
> key (TCP/IP-Port for network printing) but fails although the key is
> existing.
>
> Statement in the package is
>
> <variable name="ipaddress" value="10.xxx.xxx.xxx" />
>    <variable name="regkey"
> value="HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Print\Monit
> ors\Standard TCP/IP Port\Ports" />
>
>    <check type="registry" condition="exists"
> path="%regkey%\IP_%ipaddress%" />
>
> Checked manually and the key is indeed existing.
>
> Any ideas why WPKG check returns "Failed checking after
> installation"?
>
> No problems on XP and W7 machines with that....
>
> Thank you in advance
>
> - Ulli -
> --
> Ulli Conrad
> Goettingen University
> Department of Zoology and Anthropology
> at Schwann-Schleiden Research Center
> Julia-Lermontowa-Weg 3
> D-37077 Goettingen
> Germany
> Phone   +49(0)551/39-177905
> http://www.iza.uni-goettingen.de/
>
>
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