registry-virtualization

Inhibiting registry virtualization programatically

In the context of a generalized .NET-based component, which can be hosted in a variety of scenarios - i.e., 64 bit or not, interactive process or not, I need to write to the registry in an area that's subject to UAC virtualisation. However, I want to prevent such access from being virtualized in order that each execution is not subject t...

How to build a x64, Windows 7 compatible application?

We have an legacy application that accesses the registry. Because it is a 32bit application it accesses the registry in Windows 7 through Registry Virtualization when referencing HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software. My question is what setting(s) in Visual Studio do we need to modify to compile our applications where they access the registry "...