Vista - OCX files moveable to other folder? Change search path for OCX files possible?

After installation of a program some new *.ocx files were put into several different folders.
I wanted to group them together.

Can I just move them into the installation directory of the program?

How is the search path of programs for their ocx files?
Do they automatically search at first in their own directory and
subsequently in other locations?

Can I adjust the search path of a certain program (e.g. by defining a PATH environment
variable like in Java)?

Richard

Hello Richard ,

OCX files are registred at the target location AFAIK they follow common COM
/ ACTIVEX registration rules
so if you want to alter there location you should first unregister the files
with the /U switch copy the files to the new location and then register them
again

i believe that the correct order was Registry location , Application path
of calling process , and then system32 directory
so one of the above threaa location should indeed work .

However to prevent registry polution i would unregister and reregister the
assmblies if i were you
The registry is used for that in COM remember that COM is legacy Windows and
java is multi platform so that is the reasson that java has a config file
for that

You cross posted this to microsoft.public.dotnet.languages.vb and indeed
with Dotnet assemblies you have the ability to add different locations for
every referenced assembly .


HTH

Michel Posseth




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