os-windows/7371: Wrong formatting of value for registry key inserted by default installation (easy fix)

[Tim Diggins <ti...@red56.co.uk>]

>Number:         7371
>Category:       os-windows
>Synopsis:       Wrong formatting of value for registry key inserted by default installation (easy fix)
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    apache
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   apache
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Mar 07 09:20:02 PST 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     tim@red56.co.uk
>Release:        1.3.19
>Organization:
apache
>Environment:
Windows 98 SE, [ using binaries, MSI install, installed as Service].
>Description:
The Registry Key for ServerRoot has the wrong value:

specifically
"HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Apache Group/Apache/1.3.19/ServerRoot"

has the initial value as follows:
"C:\Program Files\Apache Group\Apache\"

however this initial value should not be in Windows filepath convention but should be formatted the same as in the ServerRoot directive, namely:

* forward slashes not back slashes
* no trailing slash

Thus it should be
"C:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache"

This seems to have been a problem with 1.
>How-To-Repeat:
Just install the apache binary on a win98 machine (probably will affect NT/ME/2000 as well, but I don't know)
>Fix:
Change the default keyvalue - at least have the correct format in there!
Alternatively just make this clear as a bug in the install documentation.
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