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| cpeele |
 Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 6:43 am Post subject: Registry Key Question |
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Hello,
For our install process, we need to check the registry and see if there is already an WMQ client install there.
Does the client install create a registry key and if it does what is the Key name/value that we should be checking for?
Thanks for any help you could provide.
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| Vitor |
| Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 6:49 am Post subject: Re: Registry Key Question |
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Grand High Poobah
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| cpeele wrote: |
For our install process, we need to check the registry and see if there is already an WMQ client install there.
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Why? 
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| cpeele |
| Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 6:52 am Post subject: |
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Hello and thanks for replying.
Why? Because we are writing a custom installer for our software that happens to require the IBM client to be installed. We don't want to try to install the IBM client if it already exists because it throws an error it does.
So, our installer needs to be able to check the registry to determine if the client is already installed.
Hope this helps clear things up.
Thanks again,
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| Vitor |
| Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 7:40 am Post subject: |
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| cpeele wrote: |
We don't want to try to install the IBM client if it already exists because it throws an error it does.
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Bizarre. Never seen that before. Just goes to show my sig is still valid.
Where I've done scripted installs I've just blatted it out onto a group of target machines.
AFAIK the folder HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\IBM\MQSeries\CurrentVersion\Components has a key LocalClients\WindowsNTClient which is "Installed" if the client is present.
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| jefflowrey |
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Maybe you were doing silent installs and cpeele isn't.
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| Maybe you were doing silent installs and cpeele isn't. |
Good point..... 
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| cpeele |
| Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:52 am Post subject: |
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Guys, thanks for you help! It's very much appreciated!
Take care,
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