Re: Registering ActiveX control on Vista

Paul,
I tried the registration as standard user and as administrator. Both did not
work.
If I try it ad Administrator and start the program with elevated permissions
the registration is done, but the control is not loaded because the HKCU is
not used.
If I start the program again with the same user but not as administrator the
control is loaded.

So still the question is open why the registration as standard user is not
working. Is this disabled in vista?
Markus
"Paul Baker [MVP, Windows - Networking]" wrote:

Markus,

I haven't used this, so I am not sure. However, I am guessing that the
Registry Virtualization feature of User Account Control (UAC) may be messing
with you.

Are you logging in as a standard user?

You could also try logging in as an administrator *and* using the "Run As
Administrator" menu item. This is just to help identify what is going on, I
realise that's not how you need it to work in the long run.

Paul

"Markus Raabe" <markus.raabe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Unfortunately I don't have the source of the control I want to use. Only
the
binaries.
Is overriding not possible any more in Windows Vista?

Markus

"Alexander Nickolov" wrote:

Change your registration code to not store data in HKCR,
but to store it in HKCU\Software\Classes instead. No need
to override registry keys then.

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"Markus Raabe" <markus.raabe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On WinXP it is possible to register an ActiveX contol on a per user
basis
with

FARPROC lpDllEntryPoint = GetProcAddress(hLib, "DllRegisterServer");
if (lpDllEntryPoint != NULL) {
HKEY hKeyCurrentUser;
RegOpenKeyEx(HKEY_CURRENT_USER, L"Software\\Classes", 0,
KEY_ALL_ACCESS,
&hKeyCurrentUser);
RegOverridePredefKey(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, hKeyCurrentUser);
RegCloseKey(hKeyCurrentUser);
(*lpDllEntryPoint)();
RegOverridePredefKey(HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT);
} else {

Registry keys are generated under HKCU so no administrator permissions
are
required. Under Vista (beta2) this does not work. No keys are
generated.
Does anyone know why and what to change?
Thanks
Markus






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