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Re: Using regsvr32 question

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| Thanks! I'm just used to registering my own VB6.DLLs via regsvr32,
| which puts entries for COMAddin.DLLs under HKCU, -OR- using a .reg
| (regedit4) to write the key. I didn't know how to access where a VB6
| DLL writes to and so is why I went with regedit4.
|

  I don't know anything about MS Office, but it sounds
like you're talking about two things. RegSvr32 registers
COM servers, in order to use classes provided by the
server. You usually have HKCR\Your.addin, HKCR\{...}
(the CLSID key, with a number of subkeys) and
HKCR\Typelib. Those are all just part of the system that
allows software to find the executable path and typelib
of a COM server and its classes.

    Other functions are separate. For instance,
a Browser Helper Object gets registered, but that's not
what makes it a BHO. There are specific Registry entries
required for IE to load it.

   I don't know whether there's such a thing as custom
RegisterServer functions for that. I doubt it. There
certainly aren't for VB DLLs. I install something like a
BHO by registering it and then adding the BHO keys and
settings "by hand" during install.

  I'm guessing it's the same with Office add-ins. Which
doesn't exactly answer your question, but it might help
you to ask a more accurate question in a VBA group.

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