I am building a activex control with qt. If I register it as control-name.exe /regserver, IE11 can load it. And register entries was writen to HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE. But user of this activex control do not have admin rights, so I am struggling to register this com server on HKEY_CURRENT_USER level.
I have tried export entries under the CLSID in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE path to a reg file, and replace HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE with HKEY_CURRENT_USER, then import this reg file back (and delete other entries with the same CLSID). But IE11 could not find the activex control. Does this mean IE11 does not look for CLSID in HKEY_CURRENT_USER, but only HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE and HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT?
I have read some posts and articles, but still not sure whether this idea, as 'register com server without admin rights for IE to load', is achievable. For example, if I found a way to put every registry into HKEY_CURRENT_USER (still working on it), could IE load my activex control?
Any help? Thanks in advance.
update: This is how I did the test:
control-name.exe /regserver with admin user.reg files then delete these registry.HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT and HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE to HKEY_CURRENT_USER.reg files.I searched registry with RegCool and saw the registry are all under HKEY_CURRENT_USER/S-1-00.../.... (S-1-00... is a serial of numbers).
I suggest you check whether the user accounts has permission to access the folder from where you are trying to install the control as an admin? If not, then for testing purposes try to grant permission and see whether it works for users or not.
I think the way I export, modify and reimport register entries is a lousy shortcut (and I really could not understand how windows system work internally). And apparently permissions is the right way.