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Keys to Scan

Specify the keys that you want to be scanned on the Keys to scan tab of the Configure Reference System dialog.

During a reference installation, the Packager records the following items:

• Registry keys and values that are added when the product is installed (additional keys)
• Registry keys and values that are deleted when the product is installed (deleted keys)
• Registry values that are modified when the product is installed (modified values)

If you do not specify a key on the Keys to scan tab, changes made to the key during the reference installation are not recorded and, therefore, the key is not reset to its original state after the reference installation has completed.

During a reference installation, only these areas of the registry are checked. A key entry is interpreted recursively.

You can use only the two preset main keys. There is no need to specify other keys, because all other keys are subkeys of these two keys.

If keys and values are deleted from the registry while the product is being installed, these changes are reversed by the Packager at the end of the packaging process so that the reference system is not changed.