[Registry]

This section contains information about how the feature affects the Windows registry.

The settings for this section are displayed in this order:

Registry_no.=Root[value],Key,[prefix]Name,[prefix]Value

The following table contains a description of each variable:

Item

Purpose

Root

Describes the root in the registry with these values:

  • 0 means root

  • 1 means current user

  • 2 means local machine location

  • 3 means users

Key

Indicates the key for the registry value.

Name

The registry value name. Name prefixes are:

  • + means that the name is created (if it does not already exist) when the feature is installed

  • – means that the name is deleted with all subkeys when the feature is uninstalled

  • * means that the name is created (if it does not already exist) when the feature is installed, and it is removed with all subkeys when the feature is uninstalled

Value

The name of the registry value. Value prefixes are:

  • #x means that the value is stored as a hexadecimal value

  • #% means that the value is stored as an expandable string

  • # means that the value is stored as an integer

  • #$ means that the value is stored as a string