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Easy life registering ActiveX

This lil tip add the commands to the explorer menu in order to register/unregister activex clicking on the file.

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Easy way to 
Register/Unregister DLLs  
The lines below add the items

Register 

Unregister

to the Explorer menu when the user does right click on it with the mouse

that will avoid to register manually everytime the activex using REGSVR32.EXE

-copy to a file RegOCX.REG the lines below as is (with all spaces) then double 
click on it to 

add them to the registry

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ocxfile\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ocxfile\shell\Register]

@="&Register OCX"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ocxfile\shell\Register\command]

@="\"REGSVR32.EXE\" \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ocxfile\shell\Unregister]

@="&Unregister OCX"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\ocxfile\shell\Unregister\command]

@="\"REGSVR32.EXE\" \"%1\" \"/U\" "



**** To do the same with the DLLs ****

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\shell]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\shell\Register]

@="&Register ActiveX DLL"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\shell\Register\command]

@="\"REGSVR32.EXE\" \"%1\""

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\shell\Unregister]

@="&Unregister ActiveX DLL"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\dllfile\shell\Unregister\command]

@="\"REGSVR32.EXE\" \"%1\" \"/U\" "