Re: [PCWorks] Regsvr32 - what is it?
- From: "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin" <PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:38:20 -0500
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regsvr32
And see the links under "References".
For some reason, sometimes DLL's will become unregistered and
that can cause problems with the DLL and with the program(s) or
function(s) that is required of it. Re-registering or
registering it with that cmd line tool can fix it. The inverse
can also be true.
-Clint
God Bless
Clint Hamilton, Owner
http://www.OrpheusComputing.com
http://www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Harold B."
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" <
> 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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