Locating a DLL through its COM object 1

[devRyan]

Hi all,

I've been tasked with moving all the sites on an old webserver over to a new server. In my preparation, I went through all the old ASP code that runs most of the sites on the box to find what COM Objects were used. As to be expected many used things like ADO, FSO, MSXML, and IXSSO, but some use some third party COM objects.

I've done some research into this and have found that several of these COM objects were produced in-house. I've dug around through the ranks, inquiring about past developers and possible archives, etc. and pretty much exhausted all my leads, but have yet to find the dll that I need to run these COM objects.

I've surfed the system32 directory on the server and have found nothing that sticks out as a home spun dll. Is there any way to track down a dll by just knowing the name of its COM object?

Thanks for any help.

Ryan

 

[Sheco]

First find the lines where you see the following code;
[tt]
Set myObject = Server.CreateObject("<LibraryName>.<ClassName>")[/tt]

So for your ADO it would be something like: [tt]ADODB.Recordset[/tt]

Now copy down the name and Regedit to search the registry of the web server for that name and you will find a key with a funny name (GUID) under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT. Open the key and it will have several subkeys, one of which will contain the full path to the DLL.

 

[devRyan]

I hadn't thought of digging through the registry.

Thanks.