Been noticing a very bizarre issue that has clearly been present for a long time where the installation of a product (via Native Access) is writing bogus keys to the Windows registry.
As part of my studio environment - we use a corporate desktop endpoint management solution to manage patches, installs, general system health and so on. It also provides an awesome set of reporting - especially for inventory so we can keep track of licensing etc.
When I looked at some recent reporting from last week - I noticed a recent install of Molten Veil (that I did via Direct Access) added to my main DAW. The first thing that jumped out for this report was the Installed Location - which was recorded as:
C:\Program Files\Native Instruments\Molten Veil
So I check this location on the hard disc - and there is nothing there - there is not even a folder called Molten Veil in the C:\Program Files\Native Instruments location.
Then I hit the Registry and see that the key for InstallDir - is listed as
C:\Program Files\Native Instruments\Molten Veil
It's this key that my end point software is picking up. And of course that is really skewing these reports.
Q: If the folder referenced in the Registry does not even exist on the hard drive AND is clearly not the location for the actual Molten Veil software - why is this location being stamped as the Installed Directory - and then being written to the registry for other systems to find and incorrectly use for numerous purposes?
This is just one of many that I have found and I am scratching my head as to why NI would do this?
Is it laziness or a general need to fill the keys with some value (for completeness) that actually has nothing to do with the install?
Appreciate any info on this.
Cheers
VP
