Microsoft KB Archive/123399

= ADT2: Uninstalling ADT Does Not Unregister Custom Controls =

Article ID: 123399

Article Last Modified on 6/13/2001

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access Developer's Toolkit 2.0

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This article was previously published under Q123399



SYMPTOMS
Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

When you uninstall the Microsoft Access Developer's Toolkit (ADT) by choosing the Remove All button in the ADT Setup program, the custom controls are not recognized as shared components and are not removed from the registration database.



RESOLUTION
After you uninstall the ADT, manually remove the custom controls from the registration database by following these steps:


 * 1) In Program Manager, choose Run from the File menu.
 * 2) In the Command Line box, type "regedit.exe" (without the quotation marks), and then choose OK.
 * 3) In the Registered File Types box, select the custom control you want to remove.
 * 4) From the Edit menu, choose Delete File Type.
 * 5) Repeat steps 3-4 for each custom control you want to remove.
 * 6) When you are finished, quit and then restart Microsoft Windows.



Steps to Reproduce Behavior
CAUTION: Following these steps will remove the ADT from your computer.


 * 1) Start the ADT Setup program by double-clicking the MS ADT Setup icon in the ADT program group.
 * 2) Choose the Remove All button. When you are prompted "Are you sure you want to remove this application?" choose Yes.
 * 3) When Setup is finished, start Microsoft Access and then open the sample database NWIND.MDB.
 * 4) Create a blank, new form.
 * 5) From the Edit menu, choose Insert Object.
 * 6) Select the Insert Control option button. Note that the custom controls (the calendar, data outline, and scroll bar controls) appear as if they are available because they have not been removed from the registration database.

