unable to read regkey for Exchange 2007 install location

[lonewolf217]

I am having a really strange problem that I cannot figure out the simple solution

$exDir = RegRead("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Exchange\v8.0\Setup","MsiInstallPath")

MsgBox(0,"test",$exDir)

I thought these two lines would read the registry key value for the install location and then display it in a message box, but the message box is always empty. I have checked and doublechecked the registry key location and value, copy/pasting them multiple times so I dont see where I might be going wrong.

Anyone have an idea where I screwed it up ?

[PsaltyDS]

I am having a really strange problem that I cannot figure out the simple solution

$exDir = RegRead("HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Exchange\v8.0\Setup","MsiInstallPath")

MsgBox(0,"test",$exDir)

I thought these two lines would read the registry key value for the install location and then display it in a message box, but the message box is always empty. I have checked and doublechecked the registry key location and value, copy/pasting them multiple times so I dont see where I might be going wrong.

Anyone have an idea where I screwed it up ?

I searched the entire registry on a Windows 2003 Standard AD Domain Controller, and couldn't find a single instance of "MsiInstallPath" under anything. There are lots of keys for Exchange, but keys like WorkingDir are spread out across the various component's registry entries, not grouped under "Setup".

P.S. v8 is Exchange 2007 (64bit only), which I don't have. Your path might be 64bit-specific:

$exDir = RegRead("HKLM64\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Exchange\v8.0\Setup","MsiInstallPath")

I can't test that.

Edited April 16, 2008 by PsaltyDS

[lonewolf217]

yes, Exchange 2007 is 64bit, I right clicked the key name and said Copy Key Name, then pasted into Auto-It. I assumed it would copy all the required text.

I will try the HKLM64 idea though

and yes, this key structure only shows up if you have Exchange 2007 installed

Edit: yes, this did work. Thanks!

Edited April 16, 2008 by lonewolf217