Here are the Steps I took to install Google Earth Pro for Windows (Silently with Activation)
It is interesting that I am not seeing what you are seeing. I installed 7.1.5 (latest). Got the MSI the same as you but when I look at the registry the settings are all under HKCU and not very little under HKLM.
This us what I see under HKLM
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Google\Google Earth Pro]
"FileAssociationsRegistered"=dword:00000001
"InstallLocation"="C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Google\\Google Earth Pro\\client\\"
Did you install 7.0 by chance?
Google Earth & Earth Pro Uninstall Command for several versions
Use the following commands in a script or deployment product to uninstall old versions of GE & GEP. I use PDQ Deploy and dump these into a Command package and deploy it prior to deploying GEP 7.1.5 Free.
Google Earth 5.0.1 MsiExec.exe /qn /norestart /X{CC016F21-3970-11DE-B878-005056806466}
Google Earth 7.1.2 MsiExec.exe /qn /norestart /X{4D2A6330-2F8B-11E3-9C40-B8AC6F97B88E}
Google Earth 7.1.4 MsiExec.exe /qn /norestart /X{1A295C25-6E02-49FB-826B-F0D2C56FFA4E}
Google Earth 7.1.5 MsiExec.exe /qn /norestart /X{817750FA-EC6A-485D-9901-0683AE6FFDF1}
Google Earth Pro 7.1.1 MsiExec.exe /qn /norestart /X{16CC55CF-A964-11E2-88A0-B8AC6F98CCE3}
Google Earth Pro 7.1.2 MsiExec.exe /qn /norestart /X{44FC61F0-2F8A-11E3-8CAE-B8AC6F97B88E}
Google Earth Pro 7.1.4 MsiExec.exe /qn /norestart /X{5BAA8884-F661-464B-B5B2-5C6C632BFC21}
Google Earth Pro 7.1.5 MsiExec.exe /qn /norestart /X{35DAA04C-1720-4BE3-A920-A03731EC6A1D}
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