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Di Zou
Di Zou

Reputation: 4609

What registry values are modified by the Ruby and Ruby on Rails Windows installer?

I am using Windows 7 and Windows 2008 Server. I used the Ruby and Ruby on Rails one-click installer. What registry keys does the installer modify and create? Thanks!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 169

Answers (2)

Daniel Rikowski
Daniel Rikowski

Reputation: 72524

If looking at the source is not enough (see Lous Lavenas answer) then you might take a look at Process Monitor. It allows you to monitor all registry related activites of a process.

Just start Process Monitor, add a filter for the installer, so you don't get spammed with registry actions from other processes, and run the installer.

Upvotes: 0

Luis Lavena
Luis Lavena

Reputation: 10378

It depends on the checkboxes you have selected.

Everything is in the source of the installer itself.

  1. Either SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\Environment (Admin) or Environment (normal user), inside that PATH and PATHEXT. Source
  2. Software\Classes for .rb, .rbw and both RubyFile and RubyFileW either HKLM or HKCU. Source
  3. Inside Software to identify the installer version, patchlevel and other information. Either HKLM (Admin) or HKCU (normal user). Source

Hope that helps.

Upvotes: 3

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