Win32: How to use RegisterTypeLib API from standard user

Question

The Win32 API call RegisterTypeLib() is used to create the registry keys necessary to register a type library.

Unfortunatly, on Windows XP, it tries to write those regis

Answer 1

Take a look at this blog entry I wrote. It will registry ATL COM objects into HKCU instead of HKCR using RegOverridePredefKey. You can use the same technique to call RegisterTypeLib and have it properly register under HKCU

Register ATL as Normal User

Answer 2

You can use the RegOverridePredefKey() API to map the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT regtree to HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Classes:

• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724901.aspx