Unable to register dll

Win XP SP2, fully patched (except IE7), no malware. Am unable to register a
dll using Regsvr32, get 0x8007005 error which indicates rights issue. Cannot
register as user with admin rights, or under computer admin login, or even as
admin in safe mode. All ideas/suggestions appreciated. TIA

What *.dll files?

Maybe they were/are in use.

Did you try to unregister them first?

Sometimes you have to unregister and then register a file. I don't know
why.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:9554B43F-3E7F-4C5E-AC46-9BA7F2EA7C79@microsoft.com,
Lynn <Lynn@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> Win XP SP2, fully patched (except IE7), no malware. Am unable to register
> a dll using Regsvr32, get 0x8007005 error which indicates rights issue.
> Cannot register as user with admin rights, or under computer admin login,
> or even as admin in safe mode. All ideas/suggestions appreciated. TIA

Wesley, Thanks and sorry for the delay. Took me a while to get back on that
system. Imagine, a user expecting to be able to work on his own computer...
Anyway, unregister didn't work. .dll file is from Autodesk, specific file for
large format printer we have. Newly installed software, so I doubted .dll was
in use. I was typing reply earlier and commenting on how I had checked
permissions on many files, folders etc, when I realized I hadn't checked
registry. Found that permissions were hosed on HKCR; fixed them, rebooted and
was able to register .dll. After some other frustrations, software is working
and computer even seems to be running faster! Life is good - or at least
getting better!

"Wesley Vogel" wrote:

> What *.dll files?
>
> Maybe they were/are in use.
>
> Did you try to unregister them first?
>
> Sometimes you have to unregister and then register a file. I don't know
> why.
>
> --
> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>
> Wes
> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>
> In news:9554B43F-3E7F-4C5E-AC46-9BA7F2EA7C79@microsoft.com,
> Lynn <Lynn@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> > Win XP SP2, fully patched (except IE7), no malware. Am unable to register
> > a dll using Regsvr32, get 0x8007005 error which indicates rights issue.
> > Cannot register as user with admin rights, or under computer admin login,
> > or even as admin in safe mode. All ideas/suggestions appreciated. TIA
>

Glad to hear you got it worked out, Lynn.

I got AutoCAD LT 2007 recently, moved up from 2000i. Boy what a difference.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:EECB0BA6-1BD5-4B6D-9EE4-131EB944C3C3@microsoft.com,
Lynn <Lynn@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> Wesley, Thanks and sorry for the delay. Took me a while to get back on
> that system. Imagine, a user expecting to be able to work on his own
> computer... Anyway, unregister didn't work. .dll file is from Autodesk,
> specific file for large format printer we have. Newly installed software,
> so I doubted .dll was in use. I was typing reply earlier and commenting
> on how I had checked permissions on many files, folders etc, when I
> realized I hadn't checked registry. Found that permissions were hosed on
> HKCR; fixed them, rebooted and was able to register .dll. After some
> other frustrations, software is working and computer even seems to be
> running faster! Life is good - or at least getting better!
>
> "Wesley Vogel" wrote:
>
>> What *.dll files?
>>
>> Maybe they were/are in use.
>>
>> Did you try to unregister them first?
>>
>> Sometimes you have to unregister and then register a file. I don't know
>> why.
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:9554B43F-3E7F-4C5E-AC46-9BA7F2EA7C79@microsoft.com,
>> Lynn <Lynn@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
>>> Win XP SP2, fully patched (except IE7), no malware. Am unable to
>>> register a dll using Regsvr32, get 0x8007005 error which indicates
>>> rights issue. Cannot register as user with admin rights, or under
>>> computer admin login, or even as admin in safe mode. All
>>> ideas/suggestions appreciated. TIA