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How can I register (install) a .dll on windows?

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Written by Chetankumar Akarte

Tuesday, 10 April 2007

How can I register (install) a .dll on windows?

To register (install) a .dll on windows Microsoft provided a command-line tool ‘Regsvr32.exe’. Regsvr32 registers .dll files as command components in the windows registry.
When you use Regsvr32.exe, it attempts to load the component and call its DLLSelfRegister function. If this attempt is successful, Regsvr32.exe displays a dialog indicating success. To register dll go to start > Run

Tip..!!
You can also register a dll by creating a .bat file. Now we see example to register dll ‘RTF_to_HTM.dll’. Open Notepad.exe and put text ‘regsvr32 RTF_to_HTM.dll’ and save it.

File Name - registerDLL.bat
Save as Type – All Files

Put the bat file in folder where you dll is present and run bat to register it.

Syntax regsvr32 [/u] [/s] [/n] [/i[:cmdline]] dllname
Parameters
/u	Unregisters server.
/s	Specifies regsvr32 to run silently and to not display any message boxes.
/n	Specifies not to call DllRegisterServer. You must use this option with /i.
/i:cmdline	Calls DllInstall passing it an optional [cmdline]. When used with /u, it calls dll uninstall.
dllname	Specifies the name of the dll file that will be registered.
/?	Displays help at the command prompt.