Software Deployment

It seems like the reg keys for the file association are installed to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes

Check this reg path for .dwg and modify your MSI so that the reg keys are getting installed directly to HKCR.

@TeitanCheck this reg path for .dwg and modify your MSI so that the reg keys are getting installed directly to HKCR.You need to remember that HKCR isn't a separate branch of the registry but a merge of HKCU\Software\Classes and HKLM\Software\Classes. Where the file association gets set up depends on whether the app gets installed per-user or per-machine, one powerful reason for using the advertising tables rather than writing directly to the Registry table.

@weedee, you need to set up the shortcut (or file association) so that it's advertised. That way, the app will self-heal before the error occurs. There's plenty here on AD about setting up self-healing so use the 'Search' function.

Yes, i know but from my experience users dont like it if Windows Installer pops up if they want to launch an application thats the reason why i prefer writing it directly to registry instead of using adveritsed shortcuts.

But of course the way you've described is the more cleaner way.

Hello Teitan,

Thanks for your reply.

I opened my MST file to InstallShield Authoring Tool and checked registry entries. There's no HKCU\Software\Classes key at all in my MST file.

Instead, there's .dwg key directly under HKCR.

Another solution would be to create an Active Setup key which applies a reg file including the file associations.
But you should rather take a look at the extension table as VBScab said because there is no good reason to do something in another way if msi supports it.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa368571(v=VS.85).aspx

You need to remember that HKCR isn't a separate branch of the registry but a merge of HKCU\Software\Classes and HKLM\Software\Classes. Where the file association gets set up depends on whether the app gets installed per-user or per-machine, one powerful reason for using the advertising tables rather than writing directly to the Registry table.

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Hi,

This was resolved by adding following line to ActiveSetup:

msiexec /fpu {productcode} /qn