Creating A Registry Key - Novell ADMINSTUDIO 9.5 User Manual

Chapter 12: Customizing Installations Using Tuner
Configuring Package Content
Topics in this section include the following:
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Creating a Registry Key

• Creating a Registry Value
• Importing REG Files
• Removing Registry Information
Creating a Registry Key
Task: To specify a registry key that will be created on the target system:
1. Select Registry from the checklist. The Registry View opens.
2. In the Destination Computer Registry View, select the key to which you want to add a value. All existing values
for that key in the Destination Computer Registry Data pane are displayed.
3. To create a subkey, select a registry hive (such as HKEY_CURRENT_USER) or an existing key, point to New on
the context menu, and select Key.
A new key is created with the name "NewKeyn" (where n is a successive number).
4. Enter a meaningful name now to rename the key. If you want to change the name later, right-click on the key
and select Rename.
5. Right-click on the new key and select whether the key is to be created on installation, deleted on uninstallation,
or both.
Choose one of the following:
Option
Create Key at Install
Delete Key at Uninstall
Both Create and Delete
Your new key is created with an empty default string value. To modify the value name and data, see
Registry
6. To remove the key, right-click on it and select Delete.
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Description
Creates the new registry key during installation if the key does not exist on
the target machine.
Deletes the registry key during uninstallation, regardless of whether they key
existed prior to the MSI's installation. This means that the key, and all its
contents and sub-keys, will be removed regardless of whether other
software information that is unrelated to this MSI exists. This can have a
severe impact on other programs; only select this option if you are sure that
the only software affected is the base MSI.
Both of the above scenarios will occur.
Value.
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