Support Informational Keys in the Registry

[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]

Requirement (Designed for Microsoft® Windows® Logo)

Your application must write all the information in the table below to the registry so that Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel can obtain information about the application as needed.

The registry values should be written under the following key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
  \Software
    \Microsoft
      \Windows
        \CurrentVersion
          \Uninstall
            \NameofApplication

Name of Value	Type	Contains
DisplayName	REG_SZ	Display name of application.
UninstallPath	REG_SZ*	Full path to the application uninstall program.
ModifyPath	REG_SZ*	Full path to the application setup/modify program.
InstallLocation	REG_SZ*	Full path to the application (folder or *.exe).
InstallSource	REG_SZ*	Location where the application was installed from. See Implementation below.
DisplayVersion	REG_SZ	Displayed version number of application.
VersionMajor	DWORD	Major version number of application. See Implementation below.
VersionMinor	DWORD	Minor version of application. See Implementation below.
Publisher	REG_SZ	Publisher/developer of application.
ProductID	REG_SZ	Product ID of installed application.
RegOwner	REG_SZ	Registered owner of application.
RegCompany	REG_SZ	Registered company of application.
HelpTelephone	REG_SZ	Telephone number for support/help.
HelpLink	REG_SZ*	Full path of Help file or Help URL for application.
URLUpdateInfo	REG_SZ	URL of update information for application. See Implementation below.
URLInfoAbout	REG_SZ	URL that provides a link to the publisher's home page or the application home page. See Implementation below.

Implementation

InstallSource

This is the path from which the application was installed. It can also be an HTTP site or a network UNC path, such as \\applications\sample. If the application is installed from a floppy, this value would be a:\ for the floppy drive letter. This value also supports multiple paths. To add additional paths, just separate each path with a semicolon. For example:

InstallSource = \\applications\sample; \\\\corpnet\\sample

VersionMajor/VersionMinor

Future versions of Add/Remove Programs will use these two values to compute whether an upgrade is necessary. These values will not be displayed to the user. The numbering and ordering scheme of these numbers is up to the application. Newer versions of the application must have a larger VersionMinor and/or a larger VersionMajor field to indicate an update.

Sample Registry Data for a Windows NT 5.0 Application

Below is an example of registration information for a Windows NT 5.0 application.

Name of Value	Type	Contains
DisplayName	REG_SZ	Sample application
UninstallPath	REG_EXPAND_SZ	%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Program Files\Sample\uninstall.exe
ModifyPath	REG_EXPAND_SZ	%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Program Files\Sample\modify.exe
InstallLocation	REG_EXPAND_SZ	%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Program Files\Sample
InstallSource	REG_EXPAND_SZ	A:\
DisplayVersion	REG_SZ	1.0a
VersionMajor	DWORD	1
VersionMinor	DWORD	1
Publisher	REG_SZ	Sample Corporation
ProductID	REG_SZ	111-111-111
RegOwner	REG_SZ	Test user
RegCompany	REG_SZ	Test company
HelpTelephone	REG_SZ	1-800-555-5555
HelpLink	REG_EXPAND_SZ	%SYSTEMDRIVE%\Program Files\Sample\sample.hlp
URLUpdateInfo	REG_SZ	http://sample.com/sampleapp/ update.html
URLInfoAbout	REG_SZ	http://sample.com/sampleapp/ default.html