The RemoveRegistry table contains the registry information the application needs to delete from the system registry.

The RemoveRegistry table has the following columns.

Columns

RemoveRegistry

The key for this table.

Root

The predefined root key for the registry value.

Constant	Hexadecimal	Decimal	Root key
(none)	- 0x001	-1	HKEY_CURRENT_USER Installer sets this key while doing a per-user installation.
(none)	-0x001	-1	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE Installer sets this key while doing an all-users installation with ALLUSERS set to 1.
msidbRegistryRootClassesRoot	0x000	0	HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT The installer removes the value from the HKCU\Software\Classes hive during installations in the per-user and per-machine installation context.
msidbRegistryRootCurrentUser	0x001	1	HKEY_CURRENT_USER
msidbRegistryRootLocalMachine	0x002	2	HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
msidbRegistryRootUsers	0x003	3	HKEY_USERS

 

Key

The localizable key for the registry value.

Name

The localizable registry value name.

The following string in the Name column has special significance.

String	Meaning
"-"	The key is to be deleted, if present, with all of its values and subkeys, when the component is installed.

 

Note that the Registry table should be used to create or remove a registry key when the component is removed.

Component_

External key into the first column of the Component table referencing the component that controls the deletion of the registry value.

Remarks

The registry information is deleted from the system registry when the corresponding component has been selected to be installed locally or run from source.

This table is referred to when the RemoveRegistryValues action is executed.

Validation

ICE03

ICE06

ICE32

ICE46

ICE69

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Build date: 11/12/2009