Register Dll in Vista [Resolved]

[J.J.Johnstone]

A program install that works most of the time is being rather stuborn on a Vista OS.

The install seems to work fine without any error messages but when the program is run "MsStdFmt.dll not registered" I have the msm file included in the install package (VS.msi) I have confirmed that the file is actually in the windows/system32 directory AND manually RegSvr32'ed the file & reboot but still I get the not registered message.

I checked permissions on the dll gave user's full control. Still

Any thoughts on why this dll will seemingly not register even though I do get a Regsvr32 ... Successful message?

[RobDog888]

You need to run your install setup as Administrator even if you are logged into an Administrator account.

Right click the setup file and click "Run as Administrator".

[J.J.Johnstone]

Thanks for the reply...But

I guess since the installer is an MSI file the option to 'run as administrator' is not there when you right click on it. There are however additional options relating to install/repair etc.

Any other thoughts?

[RobDog888]

You could open a cmd window as admin and then run the msi in there as that should be elevated that way it would seem.

[J.J.Johnstone]

Thanks again for the suggestion. The error message continues though. I went so far as to modify my program to exclude this DLL for this user. But even after applying the updated version, the program gives the same error when opening the same form. It seems that vista is giving bogus information as it relates to this problem. I suppose I could attemp to manually regsvr32 all the DLL's in my program in hopes to find some joy but that does not feel right to me.

I still dont have an answer but I did suggest that this user boot the operating system from CD and run a repair ? This user has two other Vista system in the office that my program works just fine on and feels comfortable with holding the OS responsible at this point.

Not resolved but dont need to waste any more time chasing ghosts.

I love this forum

[J.J.Johnstone]

Finally got this problem resolved !!!!

Vista UAC was turned off. Turned it on, unistalled / reinstalled the program and everything now works without error.
Kind of bizarre. Vista is a developement pain in the @$$.

Thanks Again

[RobDog888]

Seems backwards lol. Usually problems with installations are because the UAC is on.