Re: ? How is the ShellExt Registered (Manual Installation)

Alec S. wrote:

> How is the TortoiseSVN shell extension registered? Every shell
> extension that I've seen has been installed by registering its DLL,
> for example: > regsvr32.exe [/i] SomeSHExt.dll, where the registration
> code is contained with the extension code in the DLL.

You obviously haven't seen many extensions or other COM objects yet.

> How does TortoiseSVN do it? From what I can tell, the installer
> manually adds the registry entries. Is this correct?

yes. And there's a reason for that.

Using self registration is 'strongly discouraged' by Microsoft and
should be avoided at all costs.
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa371608.aspx
(if that isn't enough for you, you can easily find thousands of pages
complaining about failing COM-Installations simply because the
installer/uninstaller messed up by using self-registration).

> What I am trying to do is to avoid using the installer, and manually
> install the required files and registry entries. I have done it this

Good luck. Do me one favour: *never*, *ever* (!) release your custom
stuff. If you do, I'll redirect every user complaining about a failed or
messed up TSVN installation to you personally.

Stefan

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