Installer Project, Registry and Regasm - VS 2005

[rbanerji]

I have a COM object built in C#. Its a an IE deskband. It implements
the following method:

[ComRegisterFunctionAttribute]
public static void Register( Type t )

Which gets called when regasm is used and it makes teh appropriate
entries into the registry. Works great.

Now I am trying to build a installer for this using VS 2005. I did the
following:

1. I added all assemblies to the GAC
2. I marked my dll as Regsiter vsdrpCOM in the property window.

The install works but my tool bar does not show up in IE.

The I tried the following:
1. I added all assemblies to the GAC
2. I added my dll to the prgram folder in addition to the GAC.
3. I marked my dll (the program folder one) as Regsiter vsdrpCOM in the
property window.
Install works with no errors but toolbar does not show up in IE.

BUT, now if I use the commandline and regasm my dll (program folder
one), bingo... everything works.
What do I have to do in the installer project to make this work. I know
the installer lets you make registry entries, but I do not wish to do
that. Its what the

[ComRegisterFunctionAttribute]
public static void Register( Type t )

is meant for.

My first hunch was that regasm was not working. On further inspection I
realized that regasm was working but not completely.
My Register Method does the following:
if( 0 != ( style & BandObjectStyle.Vertical ) )
rkCat.CreateSubKey( "{00021493-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}" );
if( 0 != ( style & BandObjectStyle.Horizontal ) )
rkCat.CreateSubKey( "{00021494-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}" );
if( 0 != ( style & BandObjectStyle.TaskbarToolBar ) )
rkCat.CreateSubKey( "{00021492-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}" );

if( 0 != ( style & BandObjectStyle.ExplorerToolbar ) )
Registry.LocalMachine.CreateSubKey( @"SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet
Explorer\Toolbar" ).SetValue( guid, name );

On inspecting the registry after installation I notice that all entries
but the last one are in the registry. So whats going on? A manual
regasm works for all of the above, an installer based one does not.