regsvr32 shell32.dll

[Guest S1L1Y1]

I tried to run regsvr32 shell32.dll but I got the following message "shell32

was loaded, but theDIIRegisterSever entry point was not found. What does

this mean?

Sol

[Guest Ingeborg]

Re: regsvr32 shell32.dll

 

S1L1Y1 wrote:

> I tried to run regsvr32 shell32.dll but I got the following message

> "shell32 was loaded, but theDIIRegisterSever entry point was not

> found. What does this mean?

 

The only thing regsvr32 does is calling a function in the provided dll. The

dll is supposed to register itself. This function is called

'DllRegisterServer', and obviously your shell32.dll doesn't export such a

function.

[Guest glee]

Re: regsvr32 shell32.dll

 

Have you tried it with the /i switch?

 

regsvr32 /i shell32.dll

 

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"S1L1Y1" <s1l1y1@yahoo.com> wrote in message

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>I tried to run regsvr32 shell32.dll but I got the following message "shell32

> was loaded, but theDIIRegisterSever entry point was not found. What does

> this mean?

> Sol

>

>

[Guest Franc Zabkar]

Re: regsvr32 shell32.dll

 

On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:34:25 -0500, "glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com>

put finger to keyboard and composed:

>Have you tried it with the /i switch?

>

>regsvr32 /i shell32.dll

 

Sorry to hijack this thread, but what exactly does the regsvr32

command actually do, ie what does "registering" a .dll file involve?

 

All I have been able to find is an explanation such as ...

 

"This command-line tool registers .dll files as command components in

the registry."

 

- Franc Zabkar

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[Guest Mart]

Re: regsvr32 shell32.dll

 

"Explanation of Regsvr32 usage and error messages"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249873/en-us

 

HTH

 

Mart

 

 

"Franc Zabkar" <fzabkar@iinternode.on.net> wrote in message

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> On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:34:25 -0500, "glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com>

> put finger to keyboard and composed:

>

>>Have you tried it with the /i switch?

>>

>>regsvr32 /i shell32.dll

>

> Sorry to hijack this thread, but what exactly does the regsvr32

> command actually do, ie what does "registering" a .dll file involve?

>

> All I have been able to find is an explanation such as ...

>

> "This command-line tool registers .dll files as command components in

> the registry."

>

> - Franc Zabkar

> --

> Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.

[Guest Mart]

Re: regsvr32 shell32.dll - addendum

 

Re: regsvr32 shell32.dll - addendum

 

Franc, you might find some further insight in the Win98 Resource Kit (on the

Win98 CD) in Section 31 - Windows 98 Registry, sub-section Working with the

Registry Keys.

 

Don't know if that helps or not, but it's the best I can find.

 

Mart

 

 

"Mart" <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> wrote in message

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> "Explanation of Regsvr32 usage and error messages"

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249873/en-us

>

> HTH

>

> Mart

>

>

> "Franc Zabkar" <fzabkar@iinternode.on.net> wrote in message

> news:0mc2p3df6nbg0rgfmkahdnvfsv2rbtte07@4ax.com...

>> On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:34:25 -0500, "glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com>

>> put finger to keyboard and composed:

>>

>>>Have you tried it with the /i switch?

>>>

>>>regsvr32 /i shell32.dll

>>

>> Sorry to hijack this thread, but what exactly does the regsvr32

>> command actually do, ie what does "registering" a .dll file involve?

>>

>> All I have been able to find is an explanation such as ...

>>

>> "This command-line tool registers .dll files as command components in

>> the registry."

>>

>> - Franc Zabkar

>> --

>> Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.

>

>

[Guest Franc Zabkar]

Re: regsvr32 shell32.dll - addendum

 

Re: regsvr32 shell32.dll - addendum

 

On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:53:52 -0000, "Mart"

<mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> put finger to keyboard and composed:

>Franc, you might find some further insight in the Win98 Resource Kit (on the

>Win98 CD) in Section 31 - Windows 98 Registry, sub-section Working with the

>Registry Keys.

>

>Don't know if that helps or not, but it's the best I can find.

>

 

Thanks, I looked but couldn't find any pertinent information.

 

- Franc Zabkar

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[Guest Franc Zabkar]

Re: regsvr32 shell32.dll

 

On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:28:07 -0000, "Mart"

<mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> put finger to keyboard and composed:

>"Explanation of Regsvr32 usage and error messages"

>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249873/en-us

>

>HTH

>

>Mart

 

Thanks, I had already seen that, but the problem is that I'm not a

programmer and therefore have no idea what registering a .dll file

means. My understanding is that a .dll file contains a library of

functions which can be accessed by any program that knows how to call

it. Therefore I would have thought that merely placing the .dll file

in the Windows\System directory (or wherever is applicable) would

satisfy the calling program. Otherwise what more information is made

available via the registration process?

>"Franc Zabkar" <fzabkar@iinternode.on.net> wrote in message

>news:0mc2p3df6nbg0rgfmkahdnvfsv2rbtte07@4ax.com...

>> On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:34:25 -0500, "glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com>

>> put finger to keyboard and composed:

>>

>>>Have you tried it with the /i switch?

>>>

>>>regsvr32 /i shell32.dll

>>

>> Sorry to hijack this thread, but what exactly does the regsvr32

>> command actually do, ie what does "registering" a .dll file involve?

>>

>> All I have been able to find is an explanation such as ...

>>

>> "This command-line tool registers .dll files as command components in

>> the registry."

>>

>> - Franc Zabkar

>> --

>> Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.

>

 

- Franc Zabkar

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[Guest Mart]

Re: regsvr32 shell32.dll

 

> ... Otherwise what more information is made

> available via the registration process?

 

Dunno - but I have certainly seen the effect of an 'unregistered' .dll

 

viz. - REGSVR32 THUMBVW.DLL in particular

 

I believe they (.dll's) need to be registered for 'system global' purposes,

i.e. so they can be called (via their registered path?) by any application

(wherever located) requiring them, from any installed location (usually

windows\systemxx). Merely placing them there may not be enough. But then I'm

not a programmer either.

 

Perhaps this site *might* give further insight:-

http://consumer.installshield.com/kb.asp?id=Q108199

 

Hmm.. see also:-

http://www.kbdedit.com/manual/file_register_layout_dll_file.html

 

Mart

 

 

"Franc Zabkar" <fzabkar@iinternode.on.net> wrote in message

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> On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 01:28:07 -0000, "Mart"

> <mart(NoSpam)@nospam.nospam> put finger to keyboard and composed:

>

>>"Explanation of Regsvr32 usage and error messages"

>>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249873/en-us

>>

>>HTH

>>

>>Mart

>

> Thanks, I had already seen that, but the problem is that I'm not a

> programmer and therefore have no idea what registering a .dll file

> means. My understanding is that a .dll file contains a library of

> functions which can be accessed by any program that knows how to call

> it. Therefore I would have thought that merely placing the .dll file

> in the Windows\System directory (or wherever is applicable) would

> satisfy the calling program. Otherwise what more information is made

> available via the registration process?

>

>>"Franc Zabkar" <fzabkar@iinternode.on.net> wrote in message

>>news:0mc2p3df6nbg0rgfmkahdnvfsv2rbtte07@4ax.com...

>>> On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:34:25 -0500, "glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com>

>>> put finger to keyboard and composed:

>>>

>>>>Have you tried it with the /i switch?

>>>>

>>>>regsvr32 /i shell32.dll

>>>

>>> Sorry to hijack this thread, but what exactly does the regsvr32

>>> command actually do, ie what does "registering" a .dll file involve?

>>>

>>> All I have been able to find is an explanation such as ...

>>>

>>> "This command-line tool registers .dll files as command components in

>>> the registry."

>>>

>>> - Franc Zabkar

>>> --

>>> Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.

>>

>

> - Franc Zabkar

> --

> Please remove one 'i' from my address when replying by email.

[Guest glee]

Re: regsvr32 shell32.dll

 

"Franc Zabkar" <fzabkar@iinternode.on.net> wrote in message

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> On Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:34:25 -0500, "glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com>

> put finger to keyboard and composed:

>

>>Have you tried it with the /i switch?

>>

>>regsvr32 /i shell32.dll

>

> Sorry to hijack this thread, but what exactly does the regsvr32

> command actually do, ie what does "registering" a .dll file involve?

>

> All I have been able to find is an explanation such as ...

>

> "This command-line tool registers .dll files as command components in

> the registry."

 

Well, that's what it does.....the particular file contains the information for

self-registering, which means to add its needed entries into the Registry. Each

component is specific to the file that is registered, and what those components are

is known by the programmer.

 

Some can be searched online.....for example, go here:

http://www.mvps.org/serenitymacros/repair.html

 

Expand the first heading:

Repairing your File Associations from Winzip

 

Scroll down and you will see an example where, if you've installed Compressed

Folders from Plus!98, the file zipfldr.dll is registered, and you can effect a

repair if it stops working correctly by re-registering it with regsvr32.

 

That action adds the following entries to the Registry:

 

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.zip]

"Content Type"="application/x-zip-compressed"

@="CompressedFolder"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.zip\ShellNew]

"NullFile"=""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder]

@="Compressed Folder"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\CLSID]

@="{E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\DefaultIcon]

@="C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM\\ZIPFLDR.DLL"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\Shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\Shell\Explore]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\Shell\Explore\Command]

@="explorer /e,/root,{E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31},%L"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\Shell\Open]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\Shell\Open\Command]

@="rundll32.exe zipfldr.dll,RouteTheCall %L"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\ShellEx]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\ShellEx\ContextMenuHandlers\{E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}]

@="Compressed Folder Menu"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\ShellEx\DropHandler]

@="{E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}]

@="CompressedFolder"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}\DefaultIcon]

@="C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM\\ZIPFLDR.DLL"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}\InProcServer32]

@="C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM\\ZIPFLDR.DLL"

"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}\ProgID]

@="CompressedFolder"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}\ShellFolder]

"Attributes"=hex:a0,01,00,20

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}\Implemented

Categories]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}\Implemented

Categories\{00021490-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]

 

Every self-registering .dll or .ocx file can have anywhere from a few to dozens or

hundreds of entries....it depends on what the programmer built into the file.

 

Hope this helps....

--

Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+

http://dts-l.net/

http://dts-l.net/goodpost.htm

[Guest Franc Zabkar]

Re: regsvr32 shell32.dll

 

On Sat, 19 Jan 2008 22:29:41 -0500, "glee" <glee29@spamindspring.com>

put finger to keyboard and composed:

>"Franc Zabkar" <fzabkar@iinternode.on.net> wrote in message

>news:0mc2p3df6nbg0rgfmkahdnvfsv2rbtte07@4ax.com...

>> Sorry to hijack this thread, but what exactly does the regsvr32

>> command actually do, ie what does "registering" a .dll file involve?

>>

>> All I have been able to find is an explanation such as ...

>>

>> "This command-line tool registers .dll files as command components in

>> the registry."

>

>Well, that's what it does.....the particular file contains the information for

>self-registering, which means to add its needed entries into the Registry. Each

>component is specific to the file that is registered, and what those components are

>is known by the programmer.

>

>Some can be searched online.....for example, go here:

>http://www.mvps.org/serenitymacros/repair.html

>

>Expand the first heading:

>Repairing your File Associations from Winzip

>

>Scroll down and you will see an example where, if you've installed Compressed

>Folders from Plus!98, the file zipfldr.dll is registered, and you can effect a

>repair if it stops working correctly by re-registering it with regsvr32.

>

>That action adds the following entries to the Registry:

>

>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.zip]

>"Content Type"="application/x-zip-compressed"

>@="CompressedFolder"

>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.zip\ShellNew]

>"NullFile"=""

>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder]

>@="Compressed Folder"

>[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CompressedFolder\CLSID]

>@="{E88DCCE0-B7B3-11d1-A9F0-00AA0060FA31}"

 

<snip>

>Every self-registering .dll or .ocx file can have anywhere from a few to dozens or

>hundreds of entries....it depends on what the programmer built into the file.

>

>Hope this helps....

 

Yes, it does. Thanks to all.

 

- Franc Zabkar

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