DOCUMENT:Q234769 26-JUN-2001 [visualc] TITLE :BUG: Unregistering CE ATL Servers Don't Remove Registry Entries PRODUCT :Microsoft C Compiler PROD/VER:WINDOWS:3.0,6.0 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbRegistry kbOSWinCEsearch kbATL300bug kbDSupport kbGrpDSMFCATL ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Windows CE Toolkit for Visual C++ 6.0 - The Microsoft Active Template Library (ATL) 3.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SYMPTOMS ======== If you run "REGSVRCE.exe /U" on an ATL DLL to unregister components or controls will not clean up the registry. The ProgID and entries under the CLSID will not be removed. CAUSE ===== During unregistration, ATL checks to see if a key has subkeys or values before deleting it. ATL checks for values by calling CRegParser::HasValues(). Inside this function, RegEnumValue() is called. Under Win32, RegEnumValue() returns NULL if the key only has a default value. Under CE, it returns the string "Default". This causes CRegParser::HasValues() to return TRUE and prevents ATL from deleting the key. RESOLUTION ========== In the function CRegParser::HasValues() in STATREG.h, the following line needs to be changed from: if (ERROR_SUCCESS == lResult && (szValueName[0] != NULL)) to: if (ERROR_SUCCESS == lResult && (szValueName[0] != NULL) && lstrcmpi(szValueName, _T("Default"))) You will need to statically link with the registration code by building for ReleaseMinDependency. To build a debug version, you'll need to add _ATL_STATIC_REGISTRY to the preprocessor symbols (under Project menu select Settings in the C++ tab). Make sure to select Rebuild All. STATUS ====== Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. MORE INFORMATION ================ Make sure you're modifying the right version of STATREG.h. It should be the one in the "Windows CE Tools" directory (for example, "\Windows CE Tools\WCE200\MS HPC\atl\include"). Additional query words: regsvrce unregister ====================================================================== Keywords : kbRegistry kbOSWinCEsearch kbATL300bug kbDSupport kbGrpDSMFCATL Technology : kbVCsearch kbAudDeveloper kbATLsearch kbATL300 kbWinCETKVCSearch kbWinCESearch kbWinCETK600VC Version : WINDOWS:3.0,6.0 Issue type : kbbug Solution Type : kbpending ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. IN NO EVENT SHALL MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER INCLUDING DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, LOSS OF BUSINESS PROFITS OR SPECIAL DAMAGES, EVEN IF MICROSOFT CORPORATION OR ITS SUPPLIERS HAVE BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES SO THE FOREGOING LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY. Copyright Microsoft Corporation 2001.