Registry keys always overwritten on install/upgrade

[Ryan Launchbury]

Hello,

I'm running Inno Setup 6.2.2 on my Windows 11 machine (but have observed the issue on Windows Server 2022 too).

Below is an extract of my registry configuration:

[Registry]

Root: "HKLM32"; Subkey: "SOFTWARE\MyApp\MySubkey"; ValueType: string; ValueName: "LogLevel"; ValueData: "info"; Flags: createvalueifdoesntexist; Permissions: admins-full;  Check: not IsWin64

Root: "HKLM64"; Subkey: "SOFTWARE\MyApp\MySubkey"; ValueType: string; ValueName: "LogLevel"; ValueData: "info"; Flags: createvalueifdoesntexist; Permissions: admins-full;  Check: IsWin64

I'm noticing that each time the installer runs, any value that has been set in the registry is overwritten. For example, if the string value for 'LogLevel' was 'debug', it would be reset to 'info' each time.

I have removed the 'Run' section from my config to ensure that it's not another script or application changing these values.

Is this something that has been seen before, or does anyone have any recommendations?

Much appreciated,

Ryan

[Martijn Laan]

Hi,

Tried it and was not able to reproduce your problem:

First run creates the value and shows lines like this in the log
"2024-04-29 19:37:23.434   Creating or setting the value.
2024-04-29 19:37:23.435   Successfully created or set the value."

Second run does not touch the value and doesn't have the lines in the log.

Please always post a full script showing the problem instead of just a snippet.

Greetings,

Martijn Laan

Op maandag 29 april 2024 om 17:20:27 UTC+2 schreef Ryan Launchbury:

[web tech]

Try to update your drivers

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[Ryan Launchbury]

Hi All,

Thank you for your quick responses.

Whilst creating a minimal test-case I have found that the reason for the issue was my own misunderstanding of the 'deletekey' flag, thinking it would just remove the item I had added the flag to. I now realise the flag I actually wanted was 'deletevalue'.

With that flag set, I get the expected behaviour of keys not being overwritten.

Many thanks for your suggestions.

Best,

Ryan

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