# HCLI gets confused on what IDA version is actually installed

**URL:** <https://community.hex-rays.com/t/hcli-gets-confused-on-what-ida-version-is-actually-installed/812>\
**Category:** IDA General\
**Created:** [September 28, 2026, 8:47pm UTC](https://community.hex-rays.com/t/hcli-gets-confused-on-what-ida-version-is-actually-installed/812 "2026-09-28T20:47:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Special-K](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Special-K](https://community.hex-rays.com/u/Special-K)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2026, 8:47pm UTC](https://community.hex-rays.com/t/hcli-gets-confused-on-what-ida-version-is-actually-installed/812/1 "2026-09-28T20:47:36Z")

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HCLI was stuck thinking I had IDA 9.2 installed no matter what I did.  
I used `uvx ida-hcli ida add ida-pro-9.4 C:\MyIDAInstallFolder` etc., while that would work.  
If I used `uvx ida-hcli ida python doctor` it kept on saying 9.2 regardless.

As I suspected it was a Windows registry issue. I had to manually delete the two main entries in the registry and delete all the old ones leaving only the correct 9.4 ones.

Reminds me how I hate the situation with the Windows registry and the “AppData” for that matter, where a lot of uninstallers leave stuff behind.

At any rate lets make the good “doctor” a bit smarter where it enumerates any and all IDA install register entries it sees. And for each path that does exist, it could read the actual version number from the ida.exe in the folder.

Also if not already, it should IMHO be multi-version installation aware. Maybe the user has 9.2, 9.3, etc., installed in various folders and that has to be dealt with.

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**Author:** ![teresa\_hexrays](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.hex-rays.com/teresa_hexrays/32/11_2.png) [@teresa\_hexrays](https://community.hex-rays.com/u/teresa_hexrays)\
**Post date:** [October 1, 2026, 7:42pm UTC](https://community.hex-rays.com/t/hcli-gets-confused-on-what-ida-version-is-actually-installed/812/2 "2026-10-01T19:42:45Z")

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Hi! Thanks for reporting this back to us. It’s something we already started discussing internally, but we need more time to figure out the right approach for this. We’ll keep you posted!