Local Machine Registry uninstaller

[bnicer]

Hi again, Forum!

I miss this place.

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Maybe it's more of a philosophical question.

I've noticed in Vista the registry entries for installed software are (almost?) always under HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\.

Personally, I don't want users to have to invoke administrator privileges (for anything), which goes for the uninstallers too.

I'm forcing "RequestExecutionLevel user" and writing the uninstall registry entries into HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\.

But I wonder if my logic is flawed. Why does nobody else use HKCU (that I've noticed)? It was rare under XP. On Vista it seems (almost?) unheard of. Is there a reason?

Can anyone shed some light on this? Thx.