Re: [PCWorks] Regsvr32 - what is it?
- From: "Harold B." <haroldbraun@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:06:13 -0400
I always find interesting how very knowledgeable people in news forums like
PCWorks overestimate the level of knowledge of many asking questions. You
say I answered the question myself. I don't even know what I am talking
about :-)
Of course I know how Run is used to access areas of my computer but what the
regsvr32 is actually doing, and what it is doing vis-à-vis .dll files, I
don't know. I know nothing about "regsvr32" except what I see in a search
... one is found in C:\Windows\1386, two are found in C:\Windows\Prefetch
(I often see that "prefetch" and I don't know what that is either), and one
is found in C:\Windows\System32.
Other than the command Clint gave me, "regsvr32
c:\windows\system32\wups2.dll" I never used regsvr32 before. It just caught
my interest making me forget about "Service Pack 3" - spending too much time
in internet nonsense, I ought to spend more time in learning and not
bothering you with basics. But then it's like driving a car; does one really
have to know all the intricacies going on under the hood? --- Harold
> From: "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin" <PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> You answered that yourself Harold.
>
> "......and what I find is that regsvr32 is the command-line tool that
> registers .dll files as command components in the registry along with a
> lot of other information....."
>
> and, "but do see information that looks like it might go into a cmd
> window."
>
> Sorry but I don't know how else to explain it. Have you ever gone to the
> "Run.." area in the start menu? That's where you put the command line, or
> you can open a command window using cmd and do it there in the
> window. ---Clint
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Harold B."
> Hello again ... Some time ago, Sun, 17 Aug 2008, Clint offered a
> suggestion (subject was "Windows XP Service Pack 3"). Let's forget the
> Service Pack for now; my computer is working fine without installing it.
> I'm more interested in that suggestion which he offered which was to go to
> Run and enter "regsvr32 c:\windows\system32\wups2.dll" (sans quotes).
>
> I've been googling "regsvr32" and what I find is that regsvr32 is the
> command-line tool that registers .dll files as command components in the
> registry" along with a lot of other information. I see no reference to
> using the "Run" applet but do see information that looks like it might go
> into a "cmd" window. Questions: What is this "regsvr32" command all about
> and how is it used? What does it mean to be registering dll files? ---
> Harold
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