Unable to access registry using util extension

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  •  05-10-2022
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Question

I was trying to search a registry on Burn within a fragment. I used the following snippet

<util:RegistrySearch Id="VCRedistributables" 
                         Root="HKLM"
                         Key="SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products\6F9E66FF7E38E3A3FA41D89E8A906A4A\InstallProperties"
                         Variable="VCREDISTISINSTALLED"
                         Value="DisplayVersion" 
                         Result="exists"/>

But the log says

[1AA8:0E4C][2014-01-31T11:09:51]i000: Registry key not found. Key = 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Installer\UserData\S-1-5-18\Products\6F9E66FF7E38E3A3FA41D89E8A906A4A\InstallProperties'

I searched the registry manually to find the registry key and value. However Burn was unable to find it. What is the reason for that? I am suing Wix 3.8

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Solution

May be you are dealing with x64-based versions of Windows. There is two registry, in this Windows. Check availability of this key in both branches.

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