BadSerial-How to get ArmaIIReg from XP to Vista

[santafee 10]

As the Topic says, i installed ArmaII under XP, cant start it with Vista caused of the missing Registry Key for Arma i guess. Is there a way to get the XP Key[i need the exact file...] into Vista, so you not have to install it again?Thx allready...!

[no use for a name 0]

just reinstall to the same directory as you have it in XP. I dual-boot both XP and Win7, and I just install thru both to the same place. Taht way all the registry entries are there, and you don't take up 2x the HDD space.

If you've already set up your controls and everything just copy the arma2profile over from you XP install

[W0lle 1050]

Exactly, in the time you played around with registry entries you also could install the game again.

[Deadfast 43]

What version is the Vista and XP? 32bit or 64bit?

[santafee 10]

Its Vista 64 Bit, but i really dont want to install Arma again at all...;

Takes like 45 minutes with patching...and much space..Is it soo complicated to get the registry entrys over/is it allready possible with 64Bit to XP 32?

[Deadfast 43]

You didn't fully answer my question.

Is XP 32 or 64?

[tcp 10]

Backup your registry first. Or do a system restore point.

Export the key:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Bohemia Interactive Studio\ArmA 2

Only import what you need, importing too much will break your registry.

If it says its an invalid key when you try to import, you may need to change the header, just make sure you only import the one key.

Also, No Use For A Name, it seems to work for you, but how would Win7 read the registry from XP on a dual boot?

Edited November 2, 2009 by tcp

[Deadfast 43]

I don't think the above will work - Vista 64 has to run ARMA 2 in the WoW 64-32 mode, the registry branch is a bit different.

Hence my question if he has a 32bit XP.

Also, No Use For A Name, it seems to work for you, but how would Win7 read the registry from XP on a dual boot?

It doesn't, he just reinstalled the game into the same directory, thus creating all the necessary registry entries.

[Bulldogs 10]

Honestly, reinstalling is the best way to do it. All you do is boot up Vista, make sure that the files aren't read only (or just delete them) and then install to the same directory. That way when you boot into Vista or XP they'll both see the one installation as correctly installed. You won't lose user data in the process either.

[tcp 10]

OK, I see, then

32bit Windows:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Bohemia Interactive Studio\ArmA 2

In Main entry, path will have Program Files

64bit Windows

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Bohemia Interactive Studio\ArmA 2

In Main entry, path will have Program Files (x86)

Not sure if there are further differences between XP and Win7