Re: [PCWorks] Regsvr32 - what is it?
- From: whckm@xxxxxxxx
- To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:27:03 -0400
Clint:
Does unregistered mean that the DLL is not referenced
in the registry? Does registering it mean it is now referenced
in the registry?
Wally
On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 06:38:20 -0500 "Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin" <
writes:
> 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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