{"id":117,"date":"2008-03-25T16:16:21","date_gmt":"2008-03-25T10:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/register-dlls-elevated-using-the-context-menu\/"},"modified":"2019-07-04T15:05:28","modified_gmt":"2019-07-04T15:05:28","slug":"register-dlls-elevated-using-the-context-menu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/register-dlls-elevated-using-the-context-menu\/","title":{"rendered":"Register and Unregister DLLs Elevated via Right-click Context Menu"},"content":{"rendered":"

This post tells you how to add register and unregister commands to the right-click menu for DLL and OCX files in Windows Vista, 7, 8 and 10.<\/p>\n

To register a DLL or OCX file, you usually need to run regsvr32.exe from an elevated<\/b> Command Prompt. Registering system DLLs from a non-elevated state may cause an error. For example, try to register the system module JScript.dll<\/b> from Start, Search box (i.e., without elevating it). You’ll see the error 0x80004005<\/b> or 0x80007005<\/b> (“ACCESS IS DENIED”) when you do so.<\/p>\n

\"regsvr32<\/p>\n

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Method 1: Register DLLs via Context Menu – “runas” verb<\/h2>\n

To add the Register<\/b> command in the context menu that’ll run the Regsvr32.exe<\/strong> command under elevated rights, you can use the special runas<\/b> verb. Here is a REG file that I created, adds the runas verb for DLL and OCX file types in the following registry keys:<\/p>\n

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\dllfile\\runas\r\nHKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\ocxfile\\runas<\/pre>\n
    \n
  1. Download the file register_runas.reg<\/a><\/strong> and save to Desktop.<\/li>\n
  2. Right-click on the file and choose Merge.<\/li>\n
  3. Click Yes<\/b> when you’re asked for confirmation.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
    You should now see the Register (as Administrator)<\/b> command in the right-click menu for DLL and OCX file types.<\/p>\n
    \"register<\/p>\n
    Method 2: Set Regsvr32.exe to always run elevated<\/h2>\n
    As you can use the “runas” verb for only one item, to add a “Unregister” command you need to use a different method than the above. Here is another way to add “Register” and “Unregister” commands to the context menu for DLL files, without using the “runas” verb.<\/p>\n
    This method instructs the system to always run Regsvr32.exe elevated, by adding a AppCompatFlags\\Layers<\/code> registry entry, and implements the “Register” and “Unregister” context menu entries in the usual way.<\/p>\n
    REG File<\/strong><\/h3>\n
    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\AppCompatFlags\\Layers]\r\n\"C:\\\\Windows\\\\System32\\\\regsvr32.exe\"=\"~ RUNASADMIN\"\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\DllFile\\Shell\\Register]\r\n\"HasLUAShield\"=\"\"\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\DllFile\\Shell\\Register\\command]\r\n@=\"C:\\\\Windows\\\\System32\\\\regsvr32.exe \\\"%1\\\"\"\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\DllFile\\Shell\\Unregister]\r\n\"HasLUAShield\"=\"\"\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\DllFile\\Shell\\Unregister\\command]\r\n@=\"C:\\\\Windows\\\\System32\\\\regsvr32.exe -u \\\"%1\\\"\"\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\OcxFile\\Shell\\Register]\r\n\"HasLUAShield\"=\"\"\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\OcxFile\\Shell\\Register\\command]\r\n@=\"C:\\\\Windows\\\\System32\\\\regsvr32.exe \\\"%1\\\"\"\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\OcxFile\\Shell\\Unregister]\r\n\"HasLUAShield\"=\"\"\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\OcxFile\\Shell\\Unregister\\command]\r\n@=\"C:\\\\Windows\\\\System32\\\\regsvr32.exe -u \\\"%1\\\"\"\r\n<\/pre>\n
    Copy the above lines to Notepad, and save the file with .reg extension. Double-click to run the .reg file<\/a>. This adds the “Register” and “Unregister” commands to the context menu for DLL and OCX files.<\/p>\n
    \"register<\/p>\n
    To remove (undo) the Register and Unregister commands from the context menu, use the following .reg file:<\/p>\n
    Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00\r\n\r\n[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows NT\\CurrentVersion\\AppCompatFlags\\Layers]\r\n\"C:\\\\Windows\\\\System32\\\\regsvr32.exe\"=-\r\n\r\n[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\DllFile\\Shell\\Register]\r\n\r\n[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\DllFile\\Shell\\Unregister]\r\n\r\n[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\OcxFile\\Shell\\Register]\r\n\r\n[-HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\\OcxFile\\Shell\\Unregister]<\/pre>\n
    That’s it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
    This post tells you how to add register and unregister commands to the right-click menu for DLL and OCX files in Windows Vista, 7, 8 and 10. To register a DLL or OCX file, you usually need to run regsvr32.exe from an elevated Command Prompt. Registering system DLLs from a non-elevated state may cause an … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[441],"class_list":["post-117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows","tag-registry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":123,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/add-edit-hosts-file-option-in-the-context-menu\/","url_meta":{"origin":117,"position":0},"title":"Add “Edit HOSTS file” option in the context menu","author":"Ramesh","date":"March 26, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"The HOSTS file, originally introduced to resolve hostnames to IP addresses, is also an effective tool to block Malware. 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