[SOLVED] 32-bit version of a package

[benoitpatin]

Good morning,

- Installed WAPT version: 1.5.1.18 Community
- Linux Debian 9 server OS
- Operating system of the administration/package creation machine: Windows 10

I downloaded the 32-bit version of Visio Viewer from the Microsoft website.
I create the package in wapt, I launch the installation, I retrieve the uninstallkey (with wapt-get list-registry), I enter it in setup.py and I recreate the package.
I'm installing the package on a 64-bit Windows 10 system. The application installs correctly, but I get a warning:

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EWaptException: The uninstall key: 95160000-0052-040C-0000-0000000FF1CE has not been found in system registry after software installation.

After doing some research in the registry, I noticed that the uninstall key is not in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\ but in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\

How do I tell Wapt where to look for the key in the right place?

THANKS

[htouvet]

Normally, Wapt searches in both locations by default

However, you seem to have forgotten the curly braces in the uninstallkey...

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key = "{95160000-0052-040C-0000-0000000FF1CE}"

[benoitpatin]

It might indeed be because I wrote it like this: uninstallkey = ['95160000-0052-040C-0000-0000000FF1CE']

But it's written like this in the documentation: https://www.wapt.fr/wapt-1.5/CreationPa ... index.html

I'll try with your syntax.

[benoitpatin]

It works much better immediately with the correct syntax

[dcardon]

Good evening Benoît,

It might indeed be because I wrote it like this: uninstallkey = ['95160000-0052-040C-0000-0000000FF1CE']

But it's written like this in the documentation: https://www.wapt.fr/wapt-1.5/CreationPa ... index.html

I'll try with your syntax.

In fact, you need to copy exactly the same string of characters as what's in the output of the `wapt-get list-registry` command. There are keys with curly braces and keys without, some are GUIDs, others are strings... If it were too simple, it wouldn't be fun I added a note on the relevant doc page to emphasize that the string of characters must be copied exactly as it is.

Happy Easter weekend!

Denis

[benoitpatin]

Thank you Denis