Gfw bootstrapper doesn't properly install the information in 64-bit Vista or 7.

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Run gfw2rdst.exe on 64-bit Vista or 7.
2. It says that the bootstrapper successfully installed, but it doesn't.
3. Open VS08 and open the Properties for your installation project
4. Go to Prerequisites..., and notice GfW isn't there.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
-- I expected to see the option to select GfW as a prerequisite, but it
wasn't available to select.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Windows Vista Business 64-bit
Windows 7 Professional 64-bit

Please provide any additional information below.
After reviewing the registry, the GenericBootstrapper key is actually
located under the Wow3264Node key on 64-bit machines.

Here's a link for the current bootstrapper installer:
http://www.growlforwindows.com/gfw/d.ashx?f=gfw2rdst.exe

Original issue reported on code.google.com by josh.min...@gmail.com on 19 Nov 2009 at 10:28

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The redistributable installer checks the registry to find the location of the
bootstrapper. if it finds none (because VS is not installed or the registry key 
was
not found), the installer will display a message like 'Growl for Windows 2.0
redistributable was not installed' followed by an error message.

if the installer gave a successful message, then that means it found the key in 
the
registry and used that value. can you confirm if the GrowlForWindows folder was
created under the 'Packages' folder in the bootstrapper location? can you 
confirm if
it was erroneously written to another location? does your registry have another
location specified that is not under the Wow3264Node key?

(i dont have a 64-bit machine to test on so i apologize for the trouble)

Original comment by briandun...@gmail.com on 20 Nov 2009 at 10:43

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i finally have a 64-bit machine to test on and verified the issue and fixed it. 
i uploaded a new gfw2rdst.exe that has several improvements to it:

 - works on 64-bit machines
 - will prompt for elevated priviledges when ran (it needs admin rights)
 - no longer gives the 'The program failed to install correctly' message on Win7 or Vista

thanks for reporting this.

Original comment by briandun...@gmail.com on 17 Jun 2010 at 7:21

• Changed state: Fixed