jeffrey.hoffman1.5524931691623198E12 asked a question.
Windows 7 Registry Key structure
I am converting a very old (iwz) project to run under Windows 7
The app installed Ok and ran, however I found that by default the registry key information was being setup in:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
SOFTWARE
Wow6432Node
HIE
HIEAdmin
Windows registry for XP was
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
SOFTWARE
HIE
HIEAdmin
An application I am to convert uses the Registry to obtain information and is expecting it in the XP structure. The organisation would prefer that the application is not changed.
Is there any way of setting up the windows 7 registry structure to be the same as XP structure.
Thanks
Jeff
All this is probably OK, since I can imagine, that your "old" application is x86 also.
The problem now lies in your "old" application code. Depending on how you call the Windows registry from your code, your "old" application could be saved by the Windows Registry Virtualization, please read up.
-cpede