[wix-users] Uppercase Registry Key

[Walter Dexter]

I don't know for sure but I'd be more suspicious of it being a 32-bit installer, 64-bit OS, and maybe a .Net application. That stuff gets weird fast.

> On Mar 15, 2017, at 7:18 PM, Scott Ferguson <Scott.Ferguson at a2ktechnologies.co.nz> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have a user whose 'Software' registry key is all uppercase, i.e. HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE. This is a windows 10 OS. I have not seen the key in all caps before.
> 
> The reason I am writing is my installer didn't install the registry keys and I am wondering if the case matters?
> 
> Is the value of the Key attribute case sensitive when installing registry keys?
> 
> Here is a snippet of my registryValue node and notice in the Key attribute the value has 'Software' in camel case not all caps like I found in the user's computer i.e. SOFTWARE. 
> 
> 
>        <RegistryValue Root="HKCU" Key="Software\[MANUFACTURER]\[PRODUCTNAME]" Name="InstallFolder" 
>                       Value="[INSTALLFOLDER]" Type="string" KeyPath="yes" /> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Scott Ferguson
> 
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