The RegPkg.exe utility registers a VSPackage with Visual Studio by updating the system registry. Alternately, RegPkg can generate a registry script that can be used to update the registry. RegPkg can generate system registry scripts in several formats. You can incorporate these scripts in deployment projects such as .msi projects or Windows Installer XML Toolset files. For an example, see Tutorial: Simple VSPackage Deployment.

RegPkg runs as part of the build process so that you can build and run a VSPackage in the experimental hive. For more information on experimental builds, see Experimental Build.

RegPkg is typically located at <Visual Studio SDK installation path>\VisualStudioIntegration\Tools\Bin\RegPkg.exe. RegPkg follows this syntax:

RegPkg [/root:<root>] [/regfile:<regfile>] [/rgsfile:<rgsfile> [/rgm]] [/vrgfile:<vrgfile>] [/codebase | /assembly] [/unregister] AssemblyPath

/root:root

Performs registration under the specified

Visual Studio root.

/regfile:FileName

Creates a .reg file rather than updating the registry. Cannot be used with /vrgfile or /rgsfile or /wixfile.

/rgsfile:FileName

Creates a .rgs file rather than updating the registry. Cannot be used with /vrgfile or /regfile or /wixfile.

/vrgfile:FileName

Creates a .vrg file rather than updating the registry. Cannot be used with /regfile or /rgsfile or /wixfile.

/rgm

Creates a .rgm file in addition to the rgs file. Must be combined with /rgsfile.

/wixfile:FileName

Creates a Windows Installer XML Toolset-compatible file rather than updating the registry. Cannot be used with /regfile or /rgsfile or /vrgfile.

/codebase

Forces registration with CodeBase rather than Assembly.

/assembly

Forces registration with Assembly rather than CodeBase.

/unregister

Unregisters this package. Cannot be used

with /regfile or /vrgfile or /rgsfile or /wixfile.

/RANU

"Run as normal user". Writes the registration information inside a user-specific registry hive. This can be used to develop VSPackages with a user account that is not the machine administrator.