Problem with Registry Before/After in WPI 5.6

[kelaniz]

Sorry if this has been posted, but if it has, it's hiding very well, I couldn't find anything on it.

Ok, got an install of around 30 programs, and I'm on round 3 of debugging an testing on VMWare. That's all good. Last major problem is, NONE of my registry statements in my config are working. All the apps are, but no registry. Here's a sample of my config and a snip of the logfile from trying to install ACDSee 3.1 (yeah, I know it's old, but I hate the bloat and invasiveness of the newer versions. )

prog[pn]=['ACDSee 3.1'];
ordr[pn]=[160];
desc[pn]=['ACDSee 3.1 Image Viewer. Whee. Key is <b>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</b>'];
uid[pn]=['ACDSEE31'];
dflt[pn]=['yes'];
cat[pn]=['Applications'];
forc[pn]=['no'];
configs[pn]=['Apps'];
regb[pn]=['"%CDROM%\\WPI\\Kel\\Apps\\ACDSee\\ACDSee3.1_Reg.reg"'];
cmd1[pn]=['"%CDROM%\\WPI\\Kel\\Apps\\ACDSee\\Acdsee_3.1.exe"'];
rega[pn]=['"%CDROM%\\WPI\\Kel\\Apps\\ACDSee\\ACDSee3.1_Settings.reg"'];
picf[pn]=['ACDSee.png'];
picw[pn]=['48'];
pich[pn]=['48'];
textl[pn]=['Right'];
pn++;

And the log entry...

Wednesday, January 31, 2007 12:24:41 AM
   Program: ACDSee 3.1
   UID: ACDSEE31
   Order: 000160
   Category: Applications
   Wednesday, January 31, 2007 12:24:41 AM
   Reg Before *** Fail *** (File does not exist): RegEdit /S ""D:\WPI\Kel\Apps\ACDSee\ACDSee3.1_Reg.reg""
   Wednesday, January 31, 2007 12:24:59 AM
   cmd1 Success (returned code 0): ""D:\WPI\Kel\Apps\ACDSee\Acdsee_3.1.exe""
   Wednesday, January 31, 2007 12:26:32 AM
   Reg After *** Fail *** (File does not exist): RegEdit /S ""D:\WPI\Kel\Apps\ACDSee\ACDSee3.1_Settings.reg""
   Wednesday, January 31, 2007 12:26:32 AM
   Finished installation.

I noticed the double quotes ("") in the log, so I'm hoping my reg entries having quotes is the problem, (even though they're also in the CMD1-6 lines,) but those work fine. So, I doubt it's that simple.

So, do the registry before/after blanks just not tolerate double quotes, or is this something else I'm missing? I've done the obvious stuff, verified the path and filename (it's all in the same path). What is listed in the config is exactly as it appears when I click the folder next to the Reg fields and browse to the registry file.

I know it's also not something stupid like a missing regedit.exe, because I have a few entries later in my config where the command is nothing but a registry import, for example:

regedit "%CDROM%\WPI\Kel\Registry\Recycle_Bin_Rename.reg"

and all these work fine.

So.. any ideas? I've been working on this install for a month now and I am QUITE ready to finish it and actually use it

TIA,

Kel2

[Kelsenellenelvian]

It is actually a bug in the prog that we are already aware of.

Just remove the quotes from the config section on registry before\after items.

[kelaniz]

Oh, so it WAS that simple! Whew. Excellent.

So, I guess that bug also means that any registry entries that have spaces and need quotes, need to be reworked so they don't?

Also, was that info posted anywhere, 'cause I sure couldn't find it.

Thanks for the quickest forum reply I've ever seen.

-Kel2

[Kelsenellenelvian]

I don't belive it was posted before and just to be safe don't use spaces. (Your pc might explode)