What change is required in ActiveX to download/install on a machine without Admin Credentials

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Hi All,

Looking for a help, I currently have an ActiveX which can only be downloaded and installed on a machine using Admin Credential. I have to make some changes in the ActiveX so it can be downloaded on a machine using normal user credentials , in short I am trying to make Non Admin ActiveX Control. I have gone through MSDN link (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd433049(v=vs.85).aspx) also implemented the suggested changes but its not working and ActiveX is not getting installed without Admin Credential.

Changes done:

VB

[version]
    signature="$CHICAGO$"
    AdvancedINF=2.0

[Add.Code]
     time.ocx=time.ocx
     msvcrt.dll=msvcrt.dll

[Deployment]
    InstallScope=user

[time.ocx]
    file-win32-x86=thiscab
    clsid={DCF0768D-BA7A-101A-B57A-0000C0C3ED5F}
    FileVersion=1,0,0,0
    RegisterServer=yes

[contoso.dll]
    file-win32-x86=thiscab
    clsid={ABC01234-BA7A-101A-B57A-0000C0C3EFF0}
    FileVersion=4,20,0,6164
    RegisterServer=yes
    RedirectToHKCU=yes

Looking forward to your valuable response.

Thanks,
Abhijeet

Posted 3-Oct-12 11:30am

abhijeet5k

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fjdiewornncalwe · Answer 1 · 2012-10-03T11:37:00

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Nothing can get installed with Admin credentials. This is for a very good reason. If things could get installed without admin, then anyone could install anything willy nilly on anyone's machine. That would not be very safe. That is why you cannot do it.

Posted 3-Oct-12 11:37am

fjdiewornncalwe

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Espen Harlinn 3-Oct-12 18:30pm

5'ed!

abhijeet5k 3-Oct-12 19:01pm

Thanks Marcus for the quick response but does it mean this MSDN link is for something else http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd433049(v=vs.85).aspx ?