ID 482273 - Nuke registry keys are stored in WOW6432Node, like it was installed as a 32 bit program on a 64 bit OS

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Problem summary
Nuke registry keys are stored in WOW6432Node, like it was installed as a 32 bit program on a 64 bit OS

registry information is placed under: HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall
Like it was a 32-bit program installed on a 64-bit O.S.

In previous Nuke versions, this registry info was stored in: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall


Customer reported version
nuke.12.2v6

Customer reported platform
windows10

Steps to reproduce

1) Open Registry Editor

2) Navigate to: HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall

3) Notice Nuke 12.0v1+ installs have their keys there

Expected behaviour

For the registry keys to be in: HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall



Actual behaviour
The registry keys are installed to: HKLM\SOFTWARE\WOW6432Node\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall



Workaround
None.

Reproduced by support
This bug has been reproduced in:
Nuke 13.0v2 - Windows 10
Nuke 12.0v1 - Windows 10 - regression 

Unable to reproduce bug in:
Nuke 11.3v6 - Windows 10
*Doesn't affect CentOS or macOS as they don't have a registry

Earliest version tested
Nuke 11.3v6 - This issue doesn't appear in this version and has regressed

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