Interesting registry settings about Microsoft Security Essentials

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Hi all,

As you all know, Microsoft Security Essentials does corrupt TPS files.

Please read this article:
http://wpkg.org/MSSecurityEssentials

With the above info and with this info:
http://www.clarionmag.com/Page/23999
it would be possible to check if MSE is active.
If yes, then show a message to the user.

And after that you could exclude your application paths and *.tps files
automatically with those registry settings?

Perhaps doable with SetupBuilder?
Anybody interested in writing a script for this?

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Best regards,
Jeffrey

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Just do it within your program

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Hi

I think, in order to WRITE to the registry, I need to run my application
as "requireAdministrator"?

Best regards,
Jeffrey

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- Create a little program that's manifested to run as administrator.
- Your main program verifies that the registry entry(ies) exist.
- If the registry needs tweaking, warn the user and give them the
option of trying to fix it, which RUNs that little program.

Mike Hanson
www.boxsoft.net

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Jeffrey,

> I think, in order to WRITE to the registry, I need to run my application
> as "requireAdministrator"?

You can use your SetupBuilder and build a little helper tool to handle it.

If you need help, just let me know.

Friedrich

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Friedrich Linder
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Hi Friedrich,

Thanks, I will try that.

Question:
On a 64-bit machine the registry settings are sometimes under
....\WOW64\... ?
And on a 32-bit machine NOT.

So how does SetupBuilder detect this in order to get the correct
registry path on a 32- and/or 64-bit machine?

Best regards,
Jeffrey

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Hi Jeffrey
You would have to detect what OS your program is running in and based upon the result, check for the appropriate registry key.

Ben E. Brady

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Hi Jeffrey,

> Thanks, I will try that.
>
> Question:
> On a 64-bit machine the registry settings are sometimes under
> ....\WOW64\... ?
> And on a 32-bit machine NOT.
>
> So how does SetupBuilder detect this in order to get the correct registry
> path on a 32- and/or 64-bit machine?

It's very easy to do with SetupBuilder.

1. Detect whether the operating system is 64-bit or not.

For example:

Set Variable %IS_64BIT% to FUNCTION:Get System Info(WOW64 Status)

2. If it is 64-bit, switch the installer into 64-bit mode.

For example:

If %IS_64BIT% Equals "1" Then
Enable x64 Support
End

3. Read/write the registry. This will automatically process the 64-bit
registry key branch on 64-bit operating systems.

4. After that, switch back to 32-bit mode.

If %IS_64BIT% Equals "1" Then
Disable x64 Support
End

BTW, never specify the "Wow6432node" registry item. Windows handles this
automatically.

http://www.lindersoft.com/forums/sho...5605#post55605

Does this help?

Friedrich

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Hi Friedrich,

Yes, this helps a lot!
Thanks, what a great tool SetupBuilder is!!

Best regards,
Jeffrey

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> Yes, this helps a lot!
> Thanks, what a great tool SetupBuilder is!!

Thank YOU

Friedrich