Where is "InstallDir"?

Question

Earlier versions of Visual Studio (8 and 9) have a registry valued named "InstallDir" this is in location "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualStudio\9.0" (for VS 2008).

This registry value is important for setup programs and some addins.

I have VS 2010 beta 2 installed on Windows 7 Ultimate RTM, but can find no equivalent registry value named "InstallDir".

This means either a) Its missing, an oversight by MS or b) This must be obtained in some other way for VS 20101 or c) It is no longer stored in registry at all.

Can anyone suggest an explanation?

Thanks

Cap'n

Answer 1

Hi Cap'n,

I choose: d) None of the above.    :-)

It should be there at HKLM\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0. I've confirmed this on several machines including Beta 2 and internal post-beta 2 builds.

On 64-bit Windows the path is HKLM\Wow6432Node\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0 (although that should be transparent to a 32-bit process).

Thanks,
Aaron

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Answer 2

Hi Cap'n,

I choose: d) None of the above.    :-)

It should be there at HKLM\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0. I've confirmed this on several machines including Beta 2 and internal post-beta 2 builds.

On 64-bit Windows the path is HKLM\Wow6432Node\Software\Microsoft\VisualStudio\10.0 (although that should be transparent to a 32-bit process).

Thanks,
Aaron

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http://blogs.msdn.com/aaronmar

Thank you Aaron

I've lost count of how many times I overlook that Wow6432Node when browsing with regedit!!

Thx
Cap'n