Add registry entry in QuickPatch (Mr.T?)

[DavidI]

Is it possible to just add a registry entry in a quick patch, no files just a registry entry?

I am having problems generally adding registry entries to an quickpatch.

To add a registry entry I have select a feature, will the registry entry only get added if this feature is reinstalled, installed? Sorry, I dont understand the correlation.

The MSI database in the UpdateImage folder shows the Registry table entry associated with a ficticous component, In the FeatureComponents this is attached to the "QuickPatch_Generated" feature. Finally "QuickPatch_Generated" is a sub-feature of my main feature.

This isnt the feature I originally selected in the drop-down list of the IDE though?

I'm confused,
Dave.

[David Thornley]

I have never tested creating a patch without a file. That would not be an MSI limitation(IE you can create setups without files), so it would be worth giving it a try.

You need to bind all of your registry entries to a feature install state. So the registry entry will only get created if that feature is already installed on the target machine. I just noticed that there is no help for this view. I have created Work Order 1-BMICX for this.

[DavidI]

The feature that it eventually gets bound to is indeed installed locally but no registry entries are being added.

As I mentioned the entries are being incorporated into the msi database as I described but the are not getting applied. Any ideas?

Dave