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ExcludeRegistry element (Buildtools extension)

Exclude specified registry keys found during self-reg harvesting.

Attributes

Key

string required

Full path or wildcard of registry keys to exclude from self-reg harvesting. For example, to exclude everything under a registry key from harvesting use: Key=“SOFTWARE\FireGiant\Ignore**”

Name

string

Name or partial name with wildcard of registry values to exclude from a harvesting. If this attribute is not specified, the default is ”*” which matches all registry value names in a key.

Root

RegistryRootTypeUnion required

Root of the registry keys to excluded. The standard Windows Installer registry roots are supported: “HKCR”, “HKCU”, “HKMU”, “HKLM”

Value

string

Registry value or partial value with wildcard of registry values to exclude from a harvesting. If this attribute is not specified, the default is ”**” which matches all registry values (including values with backslashes, like file paths) of a registry name in a key.

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