RE: Uninstall vault kills IE

Okay, I just tested it on Virtual PC:
 
1. Blank Windows XP
2. Install XP SP1
3. Install .Net framework 1.1
4. Install Vault 1.2.3
5. Install Vault 2 preview
6. Go to add remove programs and remove the Vault entry
7. Open IE 6 - You won't be able to use "Find" and "Open in new window"
will hang the new window
 
 
Following the directions to re-register the dlls:
 
regsvr32 actxprxy.dll
regsvr32 shdocvw.dll
 
fixed the issue - so vault is doing it it seems.
 
(Eric, the first thing you might want to try is to remove any Merge
modules from your MSI project and then re-add them in a different order
- that fixed this issue for us the first time it happened, the second
time it happened I had to go through and remove 1 MSM file at a time and
recompile and test the install to get it working - that is how I
narrowed it down to the ChartFX merge modules in our case.)
 
Regards,
 
Chris Ormerod

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From: Chris Ormerod 
Sent: Friday, 16 January 2004 8:53 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: RE: [vault-list] Uninstall vault kills IE


(Trying again - sorry for sending to you directly Kenneth, Im new to
this whole mailing list thing. :) )
 
Kenneth,
 
I have had a similar problem in the past (as I said the installer for my
own application caused it on occasions) - and on those past occasions I
was indeed unable to select "Open in new window" - but that was one of
the features I tested yesterday to see if it was the same problem but it
was working, it was only the other 2 things I noted in my email that
were not working.
 
But I did install that MDAC update yesterday so you may be right
(although my PC was the only one in the whole office - 15 computers -
that had the problem, even though we installed the patch on all of them)
- I will be filing that KB article away for future reference. 
 
Thanks,
 
Chris.

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From: Kenneth Angell [mailto:[email protected]] 
Sent: Friday, 16 January 2004 2:29 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [vault-list] Uninstall vault kills IE


I forgot to mention that this will require a reboot after registering
the DLLs again.

Kenneth Angell wrote:


	This is not a vault problem just a coincidence.  Microsoft
issued a patch through windows update yesterday for MDAC and I installed
it on two computers.  Both computers exhibited the same problems you
described.  You should also not be able to right-click a link and select
Open in New Window.  To fix the problem run at the command line:
	
	regsvr32 actxprxy.dll
	regsvr32 shdocvw.dll
	
	See also: 
	
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.
com:80/support/kb/articles/q180/1/76.asp&NoWebContent=1
	
	  
	Ken Angell
	Application Architect
	NET-Architect
	
	Chris Ormerod wrote:
	

		I uninstalled the trial version of the Vault Client
1.2.3 this morning - in order to have a look at the 2.0 preview.
		 
		I then uninstalled the 2.0 one and didn't get around to
reinstalling the 1.2.3 release again. All day I was recieving the
following errors:
		 
		1. In IE 6 if I chose "Edit > Find" I would recieve an
error about "Interface Not Registered"
		2. In IE 6, any windows that were opened by JavaScript
would result in an error about object not being defined.
		 
		This afternoon I tried to resolve this by reinstalling
the Windows XP SP1A but that failed to help, I then remembered that I
had uninstalled the Vault program this morning so I reinstalled the
1.2.3 client - the problem is now fixed.
		 
		Either this is an isolated occurence or you might want
to have a look at your installation routine. (But don't feel bad, the
installer for our application (also an MSI file) would cause this exact
error for a few months until we figured out what it was - the ChartFX
mergemodules - but I don't think they are in Vault :) ) 
		 
		Just thought I would let you know. But of course nobody
ever *uninstalls* vault do they :)
		 
		My configuration might help:
		 
		Windows XP SP1A
		Visual Studio 2003
		Visual FoxPro 8 SP1
		Crystal Reports 9.2
		Visual SourceSafe 6.0d
		Office 2003
		SQL Server Developer Edition 2000 SP3a
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