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Asked: 2026-05-26T10:10:27+00:00

I have installed a software Foxit Reader (PDF reader) My application checks whether this

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I have installed a software Foxit Reader (PDF reader)

My application checks whether this software has been installed or not by checking the following entry exists or not.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader

It seeems to have worked fine in all windows OS except Windows 7 64 bit. On investigating I find that the registry entry for this software is located in a different location. below is the location.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Foxit Software

How can I check whether Foxit Reader is installed or not correctly and it should work in all versions of Windows OS.

Thanks. Any help much appreciated. 🙂

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  1. Editorial Team

    EDIT:

    Wow6432Node is where the 32 bit entries live. 64 bit is at HKLM\Software. In .net 4.0, the ability was added to read tehm easily.

    See this for example code:

    http://www.rhyous.com/2011/01/24/how-read-the-64-bit-registry-from-a-32-bit-application-or-vice-versa/

    Without 4.0, you will have to impport advapi32.dll and use RegOpenKeyEx, RegCloseKey, and RegQueryValueEx.

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