Can't register dlls in Vista/Windows 7 programatically

[RSD559]

Have a large VB6 application, with lots of DLLs written in VB6. We have a program that scans the user machine for files that need updating. It does this before firing up the program. If it finds a DLL file with a newer version available, it will replace the DLL and re-register that DLL. Works great until Vista and Windows 7 come along. They require administrator rights to register DLLs, which our security folks will not allow. How is everyone else migrating new versions of programs and libraries to the user machines?

[HanneSThEGreaT]

It doesn't matter how everyone else is migrating their programs, as this will still happen.

Run your program as Administrator

or

provide a manifest file for your program

or

disable the UAC - which you really don't want to do.

[dglienna]

There are tools available to TWEAK any application that has compatibility prooblems. You need the DART Tools for Windows 7, available thru MSDN

[RSD559]

Thanks for the input. I found an MSDN article about registration free COM components. It talks about manifests. A lot of work, but it will work. I'll check out the DART tools. Thanks again.