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Properties for the Registry Editor

The following properties are available when working in the Registry Editor. The actual properties available at any given time are dependent on the project type and the current selection in the editor.

List of Properties

Warning

Setting the DeleteAtUninstall or Transitive property can result in unintended effects. Make sure that you understand the behavior of these properties before setting them.

Property

Description

AlwaysCreate

Specifies whether to create the selected registry key as part of every installation, even if the registry key is empty. For more information, see AlwaysCreate Property.

Condition

Specifies a Windows Installer condition that must be satisfied (evaluate to true) in order for the selected item to be installed at installation time.

DeleteAtUninstall

Specifies whether the selected registry key and any subkeys will be deleted when the product is uninstalled. For more information, see DeleteAtUninstall Property.

FullPath

Contains the full registry path for the selected registry key. Read-only.

Name

Specifies the name of the selected registry key or value.

Transitive

Determines whether the installer will reevaluate the Condition property for the selected item when installing or reinstalling on a target computer. For more information, see Transitive Property.

Value

Specifies the data stored in the selected registry value.

ValueType

Specifies the data type of a selected registry value. Read-only.

See Also

Other Resources

Registry Settings Management in Deployment

Launch Condition Management in Deployment