How to register DLLs over multiple profiles... 2

[bburnell]

with the Microsoft VB package installer (or any other way) on Windows NT and/or 2000?
Any help is appreciated,
Brett

I am using VB 6 sp 5. When I install the package under admin, the dlls are only registered under admin. Please visit my websites!

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[woyler]

How do you know that they are only registered under Admin profile?

 

[bburnell]

Hi woyler,
When I log out of administrator and I log in as any other profile, I get an "activex object not created" error from Crystal Reports. That is an error when their dlls are not properly registered. Thanks for the quick response.
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[woyler]

I have found problems in the past with crystal keeping data and settings in the registry. Your admin account has rights to the registry, your user accounts may not. I could be wrong, but I would create a user account and give it the same rights as the admin account. If it works under the new profile, then you know it is not a profile issue, it is a user priv issue. If you try this, let me know, I am curious.

 

[bburnell]

I already have. I gave a user full admin rights to the machine, then I installed it. I then put the user/profile rights back to user status and it runs fine. The problem is that they (where I work) don't want to give everyone that needs this app installed admin rights for 5 minutes every time a new dll needs to be installed. I hope this answers your question.
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[woyler]

Ok, I need to clear something up. Is the problem that *A*: you are trying to install the application(or dlls) under a user profile that does not have admin rights(for installation) then the object can not be created in the application under a regular profile, or *B* The application was installed with administrative rights, but will not run under a user profile?

 

[woyler]

The skinny of it is that, to register a dll, registry manipulation is necessary. If the problem is that, your employer does not want you to have an admin account, or you do not have a admin available to install these programs on the machines, then you will have to explain to them that it is back to pen and paper, because you can't register a dll without Registry access.

 

[ronze]

I am having the same problem. I think it is more a business administration problem then a software admin problem.

My question is this, if you register a dll for a computer shouldn't it be there regardless of who logs in? I think this is the question, How do you register a dll for use regardless of user priveleges?

Christina

 

[ronze]

I am having the same problem. I think it is more a business administration problem then a software admin problem.

My question is this, if you register a dll for a computer shouldn't it be there regardless of who logs in? better yet, How do you register a dll for use regardless of user priveleges?

Christina

 

[bburnell]

The user doesn't have admin rights. I am installing it under administrator. Can I just use the regsvr32.exe to register the dlls?
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[woyler]

Yes, use:
regsvr32 "C:\PathOfDll"
To UnRegister,use:
regsvr32 "C:\PathOfDll" -u

 

[bburnell]

I think I'll write a batch file that registers them all. Thanks again for the help!
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[bburnell]

To all who may be interested in the answer I have come up with for this...

I created a DOS batch file that looks like the following:
@echo off
regsvr32.exe /s \\dell6300\capps\arm\craxdrt.dll
regsvr32.exe /s \\dell6300\capps\arm\crviewer.dll

I ran it under the profile that hadn't registered the dlls, and it worked fine!
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