Re: 64 bit version, 32 bit registry keys

Jerome Haltom wrote:
> Do you guys mind altering the 64 bit installer version to ALSO create
> TortoiseSVN registry keys under SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node? I'm having an
> issue where I'd like to access the path that TortoiseSVN is installed
> from inside of a MSBuild script... but MSBuild scripts in Visual Studio
> run in 32 bit... hence they cannot read that key. Silly, eh?
>
> A 32 bit version of the included COM object might be useful too, while
> we're on the topic.
>

Just install the 32-bit version of TSVN alongside the x64 version.

And that's also the reason why we can't add the 32-bit registry key in
the x64 version.

Also: it *is* possible to read x64 registry keys from a 32-bit
application. You just need to pass KEY_WOW64_64KEY to the registry API.

Stefan

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