register com dll vista

Hi,
I created a COM dll server using VS.net 2003 on XP. The Regsvr works fine on XP. Then I copy the whole project over to vista, and build it using VS.net 2005. Everytime I build the project, there is a great chance that an error message will pop up "The specified module could not be found" when I try to regsvr the binary. Only once in a while, the binary that is built can be regsvr successfully.
Anyone has any idea?
Thanks in advance.
Regards, Angela

Don't you just add a reference in your project to the dll file? Thats Interop when it deals with a com binary.
"Angela Yan" wrote in message

Hi,
I created a COM dll server using VS.net 2003 on XP. The Regsvr works fine on XP. Then I copy the whole project over to vista, and build it using VS.net 2005. Everytime I build the project, there is a great chance that an error message will pop up "The specified module could not be found" when I try to regsvr the binary. Only once in a while, the binary that is built can be regsvr successfully.
Anyone has any idea?
Thanks in advance.
Regards, Angela

Yeh it should be as simple as that *-)
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--: Original message follows :-- "Gary Mount" wrote in message

Don't you just add a reference in your project to the dll file? Thats Interop when it deals with a com binary.
"Angela Yan" wrote in message Hi,
I created a COM dll server using VS.net 2003 on XP. The Regsvr works fine on XP. Then I copy the whole project over to vista, and build it using VS.net 2005. Everytime I build the project, there is a great chance that an error message will pop up "The specified module could not be found" when I try to regsvr the binary. Only once in a while, the binary that is built can be regsvr successfully.
Anyone has any idea?
Thanks in advance.
Regards, Angela

I think Angela is creating a COM DLL in .NET not referencing a COM DLL from ..NET.
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message

Yeh it should be as simple as that *-)
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--: Original message follows :-- "Gary Mount" wrote in message Don't you just add a reference in your project to the dll file? Thats Interop when it deals with a com binary.
"Angela Yan" wrote in message Hi,
I created a COM dll server using VS.net 2003 on XP. The Regsvr works fine on XP. Then I copy the whole project over to vista, and build it using VS.net 2005. Everytime I build the project, there is a great chance that an error message will pop up "The specified module could not be found" when I try to regsvr the binary. Only once in a while, the binary that is built can be regsvr successfully.
Anyone has any idea?
Thanks in advance.
Regards, Angela

Yes Yes.. I mean I create an ATL COM dll in VS.NET.. not a COM DLL that is using .NET framework. Sorry for any confusion caused... :)
Angela
"steve" wrote in message

I think Angela is creating a COM DLL in .NET not referencing a COM DLL from .NET.
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message Yeh it should be as simple as that *-)
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--: Original message follows :-- "Gary Mount" wrote in message Don't you just add a reference in your project to the dll file? Thats Interop when it deals with a com binary.
"Angela Yan" wrote in message Hi,
I created a COM dll server using VS.net 2003 on XP. The Regsvr works fine on XP. Then I copy the whole project over to vista, and build it using VS.net 2005. Everytime I build the project, there is a great chance that an error message will pop up "The specified module could not be found" when I try to regsvr the binary. Only once in a while, the binary that is built can be regsvr successfully.
Anyone has any idea?
Thanks in advance.
Regards, Angela

Only guessing: Your are trying to regsvr32 the DLL and UAP is preventing it, then you are getting the wrong error message. Oh aren't Beta's are fun. :)
Can you start an elevated command window and then register the server?
--
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"Angela Yan" wrote in message

Hi,
I created a COM dll server using VS.net 2003 on XP. The Regsvr works fine on XP. Then I copy the whole project over to vista, and build it using VS.net 2005. Everytime I build the project, there is a great chance that an error message will pop up "The specified module could not be found" when I try to regsvr the binary. Only once in a while, the binary that is built can be regsvr successfully.
Anyone has any idea?
Thanks in advance.
Regards, Angela

So essentially, Windows key + R and type in:

regsvr32 <dll.name

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--: Original message follows :-- "Ed Sproull [MSFT]" wrote in message

Only guessing: Your are trying to regsvr32 the DLL and UAP is preventing it, then you are getting the wrong error message. Oh aren't Beta's are fun. :)
Can you start an elevated command window and then register the server?
--
Ed Sproull Windows Shell Team std disclaimer
"Angela Yan" wrote in message Hi,
I created a COM dll server using VS.net 2003 on XP. The Regsvr works fine on XP. Then I copy the whole project over to vista, and build it using VS.net 2005. Everytime I build the project, there is a great chance that an error message will pop up "The specified module could not be found" when I try to regsvr the binary. Only once in a while, the binary that is built can be regsvr successfully.
Anyone has any idea?
Thanks in advance.
Regards, Angela

Hmm... I am not sure whether it is UAP which prevents the registration process. I have already disabled UAP for my system. And the regsvr error I am getting is not E_ACCESSDENIED.
Here is the full error message:
The module "C:\Users\xxx\Desktop\MyObject.dll" failed to load. Make sure the binary is stored at the specified path or debug it to check for problems with the binary or dependent .DLL files. The specified module could not be found.
And I can regsvr other COM dll successfully in the same machine.
Any help is greatly appreciated.. :)
Regards, Angela
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message

So essentially, Windows key + R and type in:
regsvr32 <dll.name
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--: Original message follows :-- "Ed Sproull [MSFT]" wrote in message Only guessing: Your are trying to regsvr32 the DLL and UAP is preventing it, then you are getting the wrong error message. Oh aren't Beta's are fun. :)
Can you start an elevated command window and then register the server?
--
Ed Sproull Windows Shell Team std disclaimer
"Angela Yan" wrote in message Hi,
I created a COM dll server using VS.net 2003 on XP. The Regsvr works fine on XP. Then I copy the whole project over to vista, and build it using VS.net 2005. Everytime I build the project, there is a great chance that an error message will pop up "The specified module could not be found" when I try to regsvr the binary. Only once in a while, the binary that is built can be regsvr successfully.
Anyone has any idea?
Thanks in advance.
Regards, Angela

That is it. On vista with UAP enabled you will need an eleveated window since it is going to write to the registry.
--
Ed Sproull Windows Shell Team <std disclaimer>
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message

So essentially, Windows key + R and type in:
regsvr32 <dll.name
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Ed Sproull [MSFT]" wrote in message Only guessing: Your are trying to regsvr32 the DLL and UAP is preventing it, then you are getting the wrong error message. Oh aren't Beta's are fun. :)
Can you start an elevated command window and then register the server?
--
Ed Sproull Windows Shell Team std disclaimer
"Angela Yan" wrote in message Hi,
I created a COM dll server using VS.net 2003 on XP. The Regsvr works fine on XP. Then I copy the whole project over to vista, and build it using VS.net 2005. Everytime I build the project, there is a great chance that an error message will pop up "The specified module could not be found" when I try to regsvr the binary. Only once in a while, the binary that is built can be regsvr successfully.
Anyone has any idea?
Thanks in advance.
Regards, Angela

I can confirm that is the error message displayed when the DLL isn't found. If you go to the directory where the DLL is located and call regsvr32 on the DLL do you sill get the same message? If you don't and the DLL registers, you probably want to check the path that VS is using. If you still get the message, I would start regsvr32 <yourdll> under the debugger and see if your module is actually loading.
Did you mention that you copied this project from another computer? If so this might have brought a bad path with it.
Hope this helps. --
Ed Sproull Windows Shell Team <std disclaimer>
"Angela Yan" wrote in message

Hmm... I am not sure whether it is UAP which prevents the registration process. I have already disabled UAP for my system. And the regsvr error I am getting is not E_ACCESSDENIED.
Here is the full error message:
The module "C:\Users\xxx\Desktop\MyObject.dll" failed to load. Make sure the binary is stored at the specified path or debug it to check for problems with the binary or dependent .DLL files. The specified module could not be found.
And I can regsvr other COM dll successfully in the same machine.
Any help is greatly appreciated.. :)
Regards, Angela
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message So essentially, Windows key + R and type in:
regsvr32 <dll.name
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--: Original message follows :-- "Ed Sproull [MSFT]" wrote in message Only guessing: Your are trying to regsvr32 the DLL and UAP is preventing it, then you are getting the wrong error message. Oh aren't Beta's are fun. :)
Can you start an elevated command window and then register the server?
--
Ed Sproull Windows Shell Team std disclaimer
"Angela Yan" wrote in message Hi,
I created a COM dll server using VS.net 2003 on XP. The Regsvr works fine on XP. Then I copy the whole project over to vista, and build it using VS.net 2005. Everytime I build the project, there is a great chance that an error message will pop up "The specified module could not be found" when I try to regsvr the binary. Only once in a while, the binary that is built can be regsvr successfully.
Anyone has any idea?
Thanks in advance.
Regards, Angela

Thank you for the reply... :) I really appreciate it.. Maybe I was not very clear in my previous message.
This is what I do when I regsvr...
Windows key + R.. Type "Regsvr32" then drag the DLL to the command window and press enter.. Error messege of module not found shown...
I even tried copying the regsvr32.exe to my DLL 's directory or copying the DLL to system32 folder. Neither case will it work..
When I debug the regsvr32 <mydll> in VS, it doesn't even go into the DLLMain(). The error message window pops up when the Regsvr32 is calling/loading its own dependent DLLs.
Yes, I copied the project from another computer in which the project uses a different path. And I check every file in the solution explorer and every field in the project property to change the path. Hmm.. I think if there is a bad path, it would cause compilation errors before I can regsvr? But the compilation/build process seemed fine.
I just googled the question, it seems that there are a few people who are getting the same message as mine. But there seem not having any 'standard' answers... :p
Looking forward to your reply.
Regards, Angela
"Ed Sproull [MSFT]" wrote in message

I can confirm that is the error message displayed when the DLL isn't found. If you go to the directory where the DLL is located and call regsvr32 on the DLL do you sill get the same message? If you don't and the DLL registers, you probably want to check the path that VS is using. If you still get the message, I would start regsvr32 <yourdll> under the debugger and see if your module is actually loading.
Did you mention that you copied this project from another computer? If so this might have brought a bad path with it.
Hope this helps. --
Ed Sproull Windows Shell Team std disclaimer
"Angela Yan" wrote in message Hmm... I am not sure whether it is UAP which prevents the registration process. I have already disabled UAP for my system. And the regsvr error I am getting is not E_ACCESSDENIED.
Here is the full error message:
The module "C:\Users\xxx\Desktop\MyObject.dll" failed to load. Make sure the binary is stored at the specified path or debug it to check for problems with the binary or dependent .DLL files. The specified module could not be found.
And I can regsvr other COM dll successfully in the same machine.
Any help is greatly appreciated.. :)
Regards, Angela
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message So essentially, Windows key + R and type in:
regsvr32 <dll.name
-- Zack Whittaker ?ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk ?MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org ?Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk ?This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Ed Sproull [MSFT]" wrote in message Only guessing: Your are trying to regsvr32 the DLL and UAP is preventing it, then you are getting the wrong error message. Oh aren't Beta's are fun. :)
Can you start an elevated command window and then register the server?
--
Ed Sproull Windows Shell Team std disclaimer
"Angela Yan" wrote in message Hi,
I created a COM dll server using VS.net 2003 on XP. The Regsvr works fine on XP. Then I copy the whole project over to vista, and build it using VS.net 2005. Everytime I build the project, there is a great chance that an error message will pop up "The specified module could not be found" when I try to regsvr the binary. Only once in a while, the binary that is built can be regsvr successfully.
Anyone has any idea?
Thanks in advance.
Regards, Angela

Angela, I sent you an email and asked if you could send me you DLL and I'll try it.
Maybe I can see what is going on.
--
Ed Sproull Windows Shell Team <std disclaimer>
"Angela Yan" wrote in message

Thank you for the reply... :) I really appreciate it.. Maybe I was not very clear in my previous message.
This is what I do when I regsvr...
Windows key + R.. Type "Regsvr32" then drag the DLL to the command window and press enter.. Error messege of module not found shown...
I even tried copying the regsvr32.exe to my DLL 's directory or copying the DLL to system32 folder. Neither case will it work..
When I debug the regsvr32 <mydll> in VS, it doesn't even go into the DLLMain(). The error message window pops up when the Regsvr32 is calling/loading its own dependent DLLs.
Yes, I copied the project from another computer in which the project uses a different path. And I check every file in the solution explorer and every field in the project property to change the path. Hmm.. I think if there is a bad path, it would cause compilation errors before I can regsvr? But the compilation/build process seemed fine.
I just googled the question, it seems that there are a few people who are getting the same message as mine. But there seem not having any 'standard' answers... :p
Looking forward to your reply.
Regards, Angela
"Ed Sproull [MSFT]" wrote in message I can confirm that is the error message displayed when the DLL isn't found. If you go to the directory where the DLL is located and call regsvr32 on the DLL do you sill get the same message? If you don't and the DLL registers, you probably want to check the path that VS is using. If you still get the message, I would start regsvr32 <yourdll> under the debugger and see if your module is actually loading.
Did you mention that you copied this project from another computer? If so this might have brought a bad path with it.
Hope this helps. --
Ed Sproull Windows Shell Team std disclaimer
"Angela Yan" wrote in message Hmm... I am not sure whether it is UAP which prevents the registration process. I have already disabled UAP for my system. And the regsvr error I am getting is not E_ACCESSDENIED.
Here is the full error message:
The module "C:\Users\xxx\Desktop\MyObject.dll" failed to load. Make sure the binary is stored at the specified path or debug it to check for problems with the binary or dependent .DLL files. The specified module could not be found.
And I can regsvr other COM dll successfully in the same machine.
Any help is greatly appreciated.. :)
Regards, Angela
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message So essentially, Windows key + R and type in:
regsvr32 <dll.name
-- Zack Whittaker ?ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk ?MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org ?Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk ?This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Ed Sproull [MSFT]" wrote in message Only guessing: Your are trying to regsvr32 the DLL and UAP is preventing it, then you are getting the wrong error message. Oh aren't Beta's are fun. :)
Can you start an elevated command window and then register the server?
--
Ed Sproull Windows Shell Team std disclaimer
"Angela Yan" wrote in message Hi,
I created a COM dll server using VS.net 2003 on XP. The Regsvr works fine on XP. Then I copy the whole project over to vista, and build it using VS.net 2005. Everytime I build the project, there is a great chance that an error message will pop up "The specified module could not be found" when I try to regsvr the binary. Only once in a while, the binary that is built can be regsvr successfully.
Anyone has any idea?
Thanks in advance.
Regards, Angela

Hi!
This is exactly the same issue that I am having when I try to register my client DLL. Do you have any resolution on this issue so far? If so can you post it in the group? I would like to know any updates regarding this.
Thanks and Regards,
KS
"Ed Sproull [MSFT]" wrote in message

Angela, I sent you an email and asked if you could send me you DLL and I'll try it.
Maybe I can see what is going on.
--
Ed Sproull Windows Shell Team std disclaimer
"Angela Yan" wrote in message Thank you for the reply... :) I really appreciate it.. Maybe I was not very clear in my previous message.
This is what I do when I regsvr...
Windows key + R.. Type "Regsvr32" then drag the DLL to the command window and press enter.. Error messege of module not found shown...
I even tried copying the regsvr32.exe to my DLL 's directory or copying the DLL to system32 folder. Neither case will it work..
When I debug the regsvr32 <mydll> in VS, it doesn't even go into the DLLMain(). The error message window pops up when the Regsvr32 is calling/loading its own dependent DLLs.
Yes, I copied the project from another computer in which the project uses a different path. And I check every file in the solution explorer and every field in the project property to change the path. Hmm.. I think if there is a bad path, it would cause compilation errors before I can regsvr? But the compilation/build process seemed fine.
I just googled the question, it seems that there are a few people who are getting the same message as mine. But there seem not having any 'standard' answers... :p
Looking forward to your reply.
Regards, Angela
"Ed Sproull [MSFT]" wrote in message I can confirm that is the error message displayed when the DLL isn't found. If you go to the directory where the DLL is located and call regsvr32 on the DLL do you sill get the same message? If you don't and the DLL registers, you probably want to check the path that VS is using. If you still get the message, I would start regsvr32 <yourdll> under the debugger and see if your module is actually loading.
Did you mention that you copied this project from another computer? If so this might have brought a bad path with it.
Hope this helps. --
Ed Sproull Windows Shell Team std disclaimer
"Angela Yan" wrote in message Hmm... I am not sure whether it is UAP which prevents the registration process. I have already disabled UAP for my system. And the regsvr error I am getting is not E_ACCESSDENIED.
Here is the full error message:
The module "C:\Users\xxx\Desktop\MyObject.dll" failed to load. Make sure the binary is stored at the specified path or debug it to check for problems with the binary or dependent .DLL files. The specified module could not be found.
And I can regsvr other COM dll successfully in the same machine.
Any help is greatly appreciated.. :)
Regards, Angela
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message So essentially, Windows key + R and type in:
regsvr32 <dll.name
-- Zack Whittaker ?ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk ?MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org ?Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk ?This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Ed Sproull [MSFT]" wrote in message Only guessing: Your are trying to regsvr32 the DLL and UAP is preventing it, then you are getting the wrong error message. Oh aren't Beta's are fun. :)
Can you start an elevated command window and then register the server?
--
Ed Sproull Windows Shell Team std disclaimer
"Angela Yan" wrote in message Hi,
I created a COM dll server using VS.net 2003 on XP. The Regsvr works fine on XP. Then I copy the whole project over to vista, and build it using VS.net 2005. Everytime I build the project, there is a great chance that an error message will pop up "The specified module could not be found" when I try to regsvr the binary. Only once in a while, the binary that is built can be regsvr successfully.
Anyone has any idea?
Thanks in advance.
Regards, Angela

But the default is not elevated priviledges, especially when its launched from the Run window. UAP would need to be turned off, or the user would have to right click Run or Command Prompt and click Run as Administrator, right? -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Ed Sproull [MSFT]" wrote in message

That is it. On vista with UAP enabled you will need an eleveated window since it is going to write to the registry.
--
Ed Sproull Windows Shell Team std disclaimer
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message So essentially, Windows key + R and type in:
regsvr32 <dll.name
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Ed Sproull [MSFT]" wrote in message Only guessing: Your are trying to regsvr32 the DLL and UAP is preventing it, then you are getting the wrong error message. Oh aren't Beta's are fun. :)
Can you start an elevated command window and then register the server?
--
Ed Sproull Windows Shell Team std disclaimer
"Angela Yan" wrote in message Hi,
I created a COM dll server using VS.net 2003 on XP. The Regsvr works fine on XP. Then I copy the whole project over to vista, and build it using VS.net 2005. Everytime I build the project, there is a great chance that an error message will pop up "The specified module could not be found" when I try to regsvr the binary. Only once in a while, the binary that is built can be regsvr successfully.
Anyone has any idea?
Thanks in advance.
Regards, Angela

To Edward,
Thank you. I have sent the DLL file... Looking forward to your reply. :)
To Andre,
Yes. I have turned off the UAP by selecting it to "no prompt" from the "special admin" account that is unhidden by adding the speical registry key. And I also disabled UAP using msconfig. :)
Regards, Angela
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

But the default is not elevated priviledges, especially when its launched from the Run window. UAP would need to be turned off, or the user would have to right click Run or Command Prompt and click Run as Administrator, right? -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Ed Sproull [MSFT]" wrote in message That is it. On vista with UAP enabled you will need an eleveated window since it is going to write to the registry.
--
Ed Sproull Windows Shell Team std disclaimer
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message So essentially, Windows key + R and type in:
regsvr32 <dll.name
-- Zack Whittaker ?ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk ?MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org ?Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk ?This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Ed Sproull [MSFT]" wrote in message Only guessing: Your are trying to regsvr32 the DLL and UAP is preventing it, then you are getting the wrong error message. Oh aren't Beta's are fun. :)
Can you start an elevated command window and then register the server?
--
Ed Sproull Windows Shell Team std disclaimer
"Angela Yan" wrote in message Hi,
I created a COM dll server using VS.net 2003 on XP. The Regsvr works fine on XP. Then I copy the whole project over to vista, and build it using VS.net 2005. Everytime I build the project, there is a great chance that an error message will pop up "The specified module could not be found" when I try to regsvr the binary. Only once in a while, the binary that is built can be regsvr successfully.
Anyone has any idea?
Thanks in advance.
Regards, Angela

Hi,
I am getting a different error message when I try to regsvr another com DLL in Vista 5365. Here's the message.
"The module "E:\User\xxx\Desktop\MyDll.DLL" failed to load.
Make sure the binary is stored at the specified path or debug it to check for problems with the binary or dependent .DLL files.
The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log for more detail."
Anyone has any idea what is mean by "side-by-side configuration"???
Thanks Thanks
KS
"Kee Seng" wrote in message

Hi!
This is exactly the same issue that I am having when I try to register my client DLL. Do you have any resolution on this issue so far? If so can you post it in the group? I would like to know any updates regarding this.
Thanks and Regards,
KS
"Ed Sproull [MSFT]" wrote in message Angela, I sent you an email and asked if you could send me you DLL and I'll try it.
Maybe I can see what is going on.
--
Ed Sproull Windows Shell Team std disclaimer
"Angela Yan" wrote in message Thank you for the reply... :) I really appreciate it.. Maybe I was not very clear in my previous message.
This is what I do when I regsvr...
Windows key + R.. Type "Regsvr32" then drag the DLL to the command window and press enter.. Error messege of module not found shown...
I even tried copying the regsvr32.exe to my DLL 's directory or copying the DLL to system32 folder. Neither case will it work..
When I debug the regsvr32 <mydll> in VS, it doesn't even go into the DLLMain(). The error message window pops up when the Regsvr32 is calling/loading its own dependent DLLs.
Yes, I copied the project from another computer in which the project uses a different path. And I check every file in the solution explorer and every field in the project property to change the path. Hmm.. I think if there is a bad path, it would cause compilation errors before I can regsvr? But the compilation/build process seemed fine.
I just googled the question, it seems that there are a few people who are getting the same message as mine. But there seem not having any 'standard' answers... :p
Looking forward to your reply.
Regards, Angela
"Ed Sproull [MSFT]" wrote in message I can confirm that is the error message displayed when the DLL isn't found. If you go to the directory where the DLL is located and call regsvr32 on the DLL do you sill get the same message? If you don't and the DLL registers, you probably want to check the path that VS is using. If you still get the message, I would start regsvr32 <yourdll> under the debugger and see if your module is actually loading.
Did you mention that you copied this project from another computer? If so this might have brought a bad path with it.
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"Angela Yan" wrote in message Hmm... I am not sure whether it is UAP which prevents the registration process. I have already disabled UAP for my system. And the regsvr error I am getting is not E_ACCESSDENIED.
Here is the full error message:
The module "C:\Users\xxx\Desktop\MyObject.dll" failed to load. Make sure the binary is stored at the specified path or debug it to check for problems with the binary or dependent .DLL files. The specified module could not be found.
And I can regsvr other COM dll successfully in the same machine.
Any help is greatly appreciated.. :)
Regards, Angela
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message So essentially, Windows key + R and type in:
regsvr32 <dll.name
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--: Original message follows :-- "Ed Sproull [MSFT]" wrote in message Only guessing: Your are trying to regsvr32 the DLL and UAP is preventing it, then you are getting the wrong error message. Oh aren't Beta's are fun. :)
Can you start an elevated command window and then register the server?
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"Angela Yan" wrote in message Hi,
I created a COM dll server using VS.net 2003 on XP. The Regsvr works fine on XP. Then I copy the whole project over to vista, and build it using VS.net 2005. Everytime I build the project, there is a great chance that an error message will pop up "The specified module could not be found" when I try to regsvr the binary. Only once in a while, the binary that is built can be regsvr successfully.
Anyone has any idea?
Thanks in advance.
Regards, Angela

Wow that wasn't fun! It appears that you have a dependency on MSVCR71D.dll and that isn't installed by default on Vista. Once I found a copy of the DLL it loaded but the call to DLLRegisterServer failed with Access is Denied. I'll leave that one for you. :)
Let me know how this works out for you.
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"Angela Yan" wrote in message

To Edward,
Thank you. I have sent the DLL file... Looking forward to your reply. :)
To Andre,
Yes. I have turned off the UAP by selecting it to "no prompt" from the "special admin" account that is unhidden by adding the speical registry key. And I also disabled UAP using msconfig. :)
Regards, Angela
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message But the default is not elevated priviledges, especially when its launched from the Run window. UAP would need to be turned off, or the user would have to right click Run or Command Prompt and click Run as Administrator, right? -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Ed Sproull [MSFT]" wrote in message That is it. On vista with UAP enabled you will need an eleveated window since it is going to write to the registry.
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"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message So essentially, Windows key + R and type in:
regsvr32 <dll.name
-- Zack Whittaker ?ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk ?MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org ?Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk ?This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Ed Sproull [MSFT]" wrote in message Only guessing: Your are trying to regsvr32 the DLL and UAP is preventing it, then you are getting the wrong error message. Oh aren't Beta's are fun. :)
Can you start an elevated command window and then register the server?
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"Angela Yan" wrote in message Hi,
I created a COM dll server using VS.net 2003 on XP. The Regsvr works fine on XP. Then I copy the whole project over to vista, and build it using VS.net 2005. Everytime I build the project, there is a great chance that an error message will pop up "The specified module could not be found" when I try to regsvr the binary. Only once in a while, the binary that is built can be regsvr successfully.
Anyone has any idea?
Thanks in advance.
Regards, Angela

See my later post. Run Depends.exe on your DLL and see if you have a dependency on MSVCR71D.dll.
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"KS" wrote in message

Hi,
I am getting a different error message when I try to regsvr another com DLL in Vista 5365. Here's the message.
"The module "E:\User\xxx\Desktop\MyDll.DLL" failed to load.
Make sure the binary is stored at the specified path or debug it to check for problems with the binary or dependent .DLL files.
The application has failed to start because its side-by-side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log for more detail."
Anyone has any idea what is mean by "side-by-side configuration"???
Thanks Thanks
KS
"Kee Seng" wrote in message Hi!
This is exactly the same issue that I am having when I try to register my client DLL. Do you have any resolution on this issue so far? If so can you post it in the group? I would like to know any updates regarding this.
Thanks and Regards,
KS
"Ed Sproull [MSFT]" wrote in message Angela, I sent you an email and asked if you could send me you DLL and I'll try it.
Maybe I can see what is going on.
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"Angela Yan" wrote in message Thank you for the reply... :) I really appreciate it.. Maybe I was not very clear in my previous message.
This is what I do when I regsvr...
Windows key + R.. Type "Regsvr32" then drag the DLL to the command window and press enter.. Error messege of module not found shown...
I even tried copying the regsvr32.exe to my DLL 's directory or copying the DLL to system32 folder. Neither case will it work..
When I debug the regsvr32 <mydll> in VS, it doesn't even go into the DLLMain(). The error message window pops up when the Regsvr32 is calling/loading its own dependent DLLs.
Yes, I copied the project from another computer in which the project uses a different path. And I check every file in the solution explorer and every field in the project property to change the path. Hmm.. I think if there is a bad path, it would cause compilation errors before I can regsvr? But the compilation/build process seemed fine.
I just googled the question, it seems that there are a few people who are getting the same message as mine. But there seem not having any 'standard' answers... :p
Looking forward to your reply.
Regards, Angela
"Ed Sproull [MSFT]" wrote in message I can confirm that is the error message displayed when the DLL isn't found. If you go to the directory where the DLL is located and call regsvr32 on the DLL do you sill get the same message? If you don't and the DLL registers, you probably want to check the path that VS is using. If you still get the message, I would start regsvr32 <yourdll under the debugger and see if your module is actually loading.
Did you mention that you copied this project from another computer? If so this might have brought a bad path with it.
Hope this helps. --
Ed Sproull Windows Shell Team std disclaimer
"Angela Yan" wrote in message Hmm... I am not sure whether it is UAP which prevents the registration process. I have already disabled UAP for my system. And the regsvr error I am getting is not E_ACCESSDENIED.
Here is the full error message:
The module "C:\Users\xxx\Desktop\MyObject.dll" failed to load. Make sure the binary is stored at the specified path or debug it to check for problems with the binary or dependent .DLL files. The specified module could not be found.
And I can regsvr other COM dll successfully in the same machine.
Any help is greatly appreciated.. :)
Regards, Angela
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message So essentially, Windows key + R and type in:
regsvr32 <dll.name
-- Zack Whittaker ?ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk ?MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org ?Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk ?This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Ed Sproull [MSFT]" wrote in message Only guessing: Your are trying to regsvr32 the DLL and UAP is preventing it, then you are getting the wrong error message. Oh aren't Beta's are fun. :)
Can you start an elevated command window and then register the server?
--
Ed Sproull Windows Shell Team std disclaimer
"Angela Yan" wrote in message Hi,
I created a COM dll server using VS.net 2003 on XP. The Regsvr works fine on XP. Then I copy the whole project over to vista, and build it using VS.net 2005. Everytime I build the project, there is a great chance that an error message will pop up "The specified module could not be found" when I try to regsvr the binary. Only once in a while, the binary that is built can be regsvr successfully.
Anyone has any idea?
Thanks in advance.
Regards, Angela

One more question: Does it repro if you build the retail version?

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"Ed Sproull [MSFT]" wrote in message

Wow that wasn't fun! It appears that you have a dependency on MSVCR71D.dll and that isn't installed by default on Vista. Once I found a copy of the DLL it loaded but the call to DLLRegisterServer failed with Access is Denied. I'll leave that one for you. :)
Let me know how this works out for you.
--
Ed Sproull Windows Shell Team std disclaimer
"Angela Yan" wrote in message To Edward,
Thank you. I have sent the DLL file... Looking forward to your reply. :)
To Andre,
Yes. I have turned off the UAP by selecting it to "no prompt" from the "special admin" account that is unhidden by adding the speical registry key. And I also disabled UAP using msconfig. :)
Regards, Angela
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message But the default is not elevated priviledges, especially when its launched from the Run window. UAP would need to be turned off, or the user would have to right click Run or Command Prompt and click Run as Administrator, right? -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Ed Sproull [MSFT]" wrote in message That is it. On vista with UAP enabled you will need an eleveated window since it is going to write to the registry.
--
Ed Sproull Windows Shell Team std disclaimer
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message So essentially, Windows key + R and type in:
regsvr32 <dll.name
-- Zack Whittaker ?ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk ?MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org ?Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk ?This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Ed Sproull [MSFT]" wrote in message Only guessing: Your are trying to regsvr32 the DLL and UAP is preventing it, then you are getting the wrong error message. Oh aren't Beta's are fun. :)
Can you start an elevated command window and then register the server?
--
Ed Sproull Windows Shell Team std disclaimer
"Angela Yan" wrote in message Hi,
I created a COM dll server using VS.net 2003 on XP. The Regsvr works fine on XP. Then I copy the whole project over to vista, and build it using VS.net 2005. Everytime I build the project, there is a great chance that an error message will pop up "The specified module could not be found" when I try to regsvr the binary. Only once in a while, the binary that is built can be regsvr successfully.
Anyone has any idea?
Thanks in advance.
Regards, Angela

Hi Edward,
Thank you very much for your effort. :)
Yeah, the same error message can also repro on the release version of the DLL.
I used dependency walker on my release version of the DLL, it appears that it has a dependency on MSVCR71.DLL, which I 'guess' it is not installed by default on vista as well. Once I place a copy of MSVCR71.DLL in vista system32 folder, the release version of my DLL can be successfully regsvr-ed.
I really appreciate your help. :) :)
Regards, Angela
"Ed Sproull [MSFT]" wrote in message

One more question: Does it repro if you build the retail version?

--
Ed Sproull Windows Shell Team std disclaimer
"Ed Sproull [MSFT]" wrote in message Wow that wasn't fun! It appears that you have a dependency on MSVCR71D.dll and that isn't installed by default on Vista. Once I found a copy of the DLL it loaded but the call to DLLRegisterServer failed with Access is Denied. I'll leave that one for you. :)
Let me know how this works out for you.
--
Ed Sproull Windows Shell Team std disclaimer
"Angela Yan" wrote in message To Edward,
Thank you. I have sent the DLL file... Looking forward to your reply. :)
To Andre,
Yes. I have turned off the UAP by selecting it to "no prompt" from the "special admin" account that is unhidden by adding the speical registry key. And I also disabled UAP using msconfig. :)
Regards, Angela
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message But the default is not elevated priviledges, especially when its launched from the Run window. UAP would need to be turned off, or the user would have to right click Run or Command Prompt and click Run as Administrator, right? -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Ed Sproull [MSFT]" wrote in message That is it. On vista with UAP enabled you will need an eleveated window since it is going to write to the registry.
--
Ed Sproull Windows Shell Team std disclaimer
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message So essentially, Windows key + R and type in:
regsvr32 <dll.name
-- Zack Whittaker ?ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk ?MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org ?Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk ?This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Ed Sproull [MSFT]" wrote in message Only guessing: Your are trying to regsvr32 the DLL and UAP is preventing it, then you are getting the wrong error message. Oh aren't Beta's are fun. :)
Can you start an elevated command window and then register the server?
--
Ed Sproull Windows Shell Team std disclaimer
"Angela Yan" wrote in message Hi,
I created a COM dll server using VS.net 2003 on XP. The Regsvr works fine on XP. Then I copy the whole project over to vista, and build it using VS.net 2005. Everytime I build the project, there is a great chance that an error message will pop up "The specified module could not be found" when I try to regsvr the binary. Only once in a while, the binary that is built can be regsvr successfully.
Anyone has any idea?
Thanks in advance.
Regards, Angela

I'll see if that missing is a bug and follow up appropriately.
Ed
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"Angela Yan" wrote in message

Hi Edward,
Thank you very much for your effort. :)
Yeah, the same error message can also repro on the release version of the DLL.
I used dependency walker on my release version of the DLL, it appears that it has a dependency on MSVCR71.DLL, which I 'guess' it is not installed by default on vista as well. Once I place a copy of MSVCR71.DLL in vista system32 folder, the release version of my DLL can be successfully regsvr-ed.
I really appreciate your help. :) :)
Regards, Angela
"Ed Sproull [MSFT]" wrote in message One more question: Does it repro if you build the retail version?

--
Ed Sproull Windows Shell Team std disclaimer
"Ed Sproull [MSFT]" wrote in message Wow that wasn't fun! It appears that you have a dependency on MSVCR71D.dll and that isn't installed by default on Vista. Once I found a copy of the DLL it loaded but the call to DLLRegisterServer failed with Access is Denied. I'll leave that one for you. :)
Let me know how this works out for you.
--
Ed Sproull Windows Shell Team std disclaimer
"Angela Yan" wrote in message To Edward,
Thank you. I have sent the DLL file... Looking forward to your reply. :)
To Andre,
Yes. I have turned off the UAP by selecting it to "no prompt" from the "special admin" account that is unhidden by adding the speical registry key. And I also disabled UAP using msconfig. :)
Regards, Angela
"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message But the default is not elevated priviledges, especially when its launched from the Run window. UAP would need to be turned off, or the user would have to right click Run or Command Prompt and click Run as Administrator, right? -- -- Andre Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Ed Sproull [MSFT]" wrote in message That is it. On vista with UAP enabled you will need an eleveated window since it is going to write to the registry.
--
Ed Sproull Windows Shell Team std disclaimer
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message So essentially, Windows key + R and type in:
regsvr32 <dll.name
-- Zack Whittaker ?ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk ?MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org ?Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk ?This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Ed Sproull [MSFT]" wrote in message Only guessing: Your are trying to regsvr32 the DLL and UAP is preventing it, then you are getting the wrong error message. Oh aren't Beta's are fun. :)
Can you start an elevated command window and then register the server?
--
Ed Sproull Windows Shell Team std disclaimer
"Angela Yan" wrote in message Hi,
I created a COM dll server using VS.net 2003 on XP. The Regsvr works fine on XP. Then I copy the whole project over to vista, and build it using VS.net 2005. Everytime I build the project, there is a great chance that an error message will pop up "The specified module could not be found" when I try to regsvr the binary. Only once in a while, the binary that is built can be regsvr successfully.
Anyone has any idea?
Thanks in advance.
Regards, Angela