Add multiString registry value using WiX?

Question

Now I use something like this:

<Component Id="RegistryEntries" Guid="<guid>" KeyPath="yes">  
  <RegistryKey Root="HKCU" Key="<path>" Action="createAndRemoveOnUninstall">  
    <RegistryValue Name="myStrings" Action="append" Type="multiString">  
      1  
    </RegistryValue>  
    <RegistryValue Name="myStrings" Action="append" Type="multiString">  
      2
    </RegistryValue>  
    <RegistryValue Name="myStrings" Action="append" Type="multiString">  
      3
    </RegistryValue>  
    <RegistryValue Name="myString" Value="x" Type="string"/>  
  </RegistryKey>  
</Component>

But I have the next error:

The primary key "reg<key>" is duplicated in table 'Registry'. Please remove one of the entries or rename a part of the primary key to avoid the collision.

ANSWER: After Yan's answer my xml looks like:

<Component Id="RegistryEntries" Guid="<guid>">
  <RegistryKey Root="HKCU" Key="<path>" Action="createAndRemoveOnUninstall">
    <RegistryValue Name="myStrings" Action="append" Type="multiString">
      <MultiStringValue Name="myStrings" Action="append" Type="multiString">  
        1
      </MultiStringValue>
      <MultiStringValue Name="myStrings" Action="append" Type="multiString">  
        2
      </MultiStringValue>
      <MultiStringValue Name="myStrings" Action="append" Type="multiString">  
        3
      </MultiStringValue>
    </RegistryValue>
    <RegistryValue Name="myString" Value="x" Type="string"/>
  </RegistryKey>
</Component>

ohhh, so cumbersome!! finally found working solution! I was not able to realize how to use multistring. — sergtk, Jun 08 '12 at 18:18
Actually, all the attributes of MultiStringValue tags have no effect. — galinette, Jun 26 '13 at 10:49

score 8 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 11 '13 at 05:30

Actually all it needs to be is this:

<RegistryValue Type="multiString" Name="Value Name">
  <MultiStringValue>1</MultiStringValue>
  <MultiStringValue>2 &lt; 3</MultiStringValue>   <!-- Stands for 2 < 3 -->
  <MultiStringValue>33</MultiStringValue>
</RegistryValue>

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 20 '10 at 11:08

5

Use MultiStringValue element.

answered Sep 20 '10 at 11:08

Yan Sklyarenko

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