How to Register a COM Object for All Users

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user489041 picture user489041 · Apr 14, 2011 · Viewed 30.9k times · Source

I use regsvr32 MyCOM.dll to register my com object for my application. This works fine under my admin account. if a switch the user to a non admin, the program fails. It seems that the COM object is not loaded for the non admin user. Any ideas on why this might be or a possible solution?

Answer

Anders picture Anders · Apr 14, 2011

regsvr32 MyCOM.dll will call the DllRegisterServer exported function in the dll, what happens there is up to the dll. Usually it will register it's CLSID and other registration info under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\software\Classes (Same as HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT for write operations) and so the registration should be visible to every user unless the user has a conflicting registration under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\Classes.

I'm guessing that the registration is not the problem, but that your COM object does something that prevents it from loading for non admin users (Requesting write access to a key under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE etc) You can use Process Monitor and look for ACCESS_DENIED errors and see if that provides any clues.

The other option is to manually register the object under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\software\Classes for the non-admin user. This should rule out registration issues.

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