Platform SDK Shell, [HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Approved]

Whats is this ?

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell
Extensions\Approved]
"{A4D78B20-6E05-1069-8758-08002B2BD64F}"="Sample Drag&Drop Extension"

Is it needed ?

Can someone explain I have not seen any documentation on it. It was in an
SDK example 'DropExt' the example does not seem to work or do anything.

Aaron

You can remove the registry value {A4D78B20-6E05-1069-8758-08002B2BD64F} if
you want to disable the extension from loading. The best thing to do would
be to run regsvr32.exe /u [PathAndNameOfDllToBeRemoved] and the dll should
remove all its registry entries.

-Kenneth

Sorry, I did not read your post very well. The value in the Approved key is
required on NT machines like NT4/2000/XP for your shell extension to be
loaded, but not on Windows 95/98 and I guess ME.

-Kenneth



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> Sorry, I did not read your post very well. The value in the Approved key
is

XP does not seem to need the 'Approved' key for the extension to be loaded,
I have examples that work and do not use it.

Maybe it is just a bygone, as the example it came from is a very old MS one.

Aaron

>The best thing to do would

This does not seem to work. Hence the next post "Releasing IContextMenu
shell extension DLL".

Aaron

> >[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell

Great, thanks for putting that straight, now I know that I will be able to
ignore it :)

Aaron