Microsoft KB Archive/288373

= Regsvr32.exe &quot;/c&quot; Switch Is Not Available in Windows 2000 or Windows XP =

Article ID: 288373

Article Last Modified on 12/1/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
 * Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional
 * Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
 * Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2002
 * Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition

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This article was previously published under Q288373



SYMPTOMS
When you use Regsvr32.exe to register .dll files, you cannot use the /c switch on Windows XP-based or Windows 2000-based computers. On Windows 98-based or Windows NT 4.0-based computers, you can use the /c switch to send output from Regsvr32.exe to the console. For example, you can use the following command line on a Windows 98-based computer to register the Urlmon.dll file and send the output (success or failure) to C:\Regout.txt:

start regsvr32 /c urlmon.dll >c:\regout.txt



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this functionality is no longer included with Regsvr32.exe in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
This behavior may have an impact in cases where output from Regsvr32.exe is sent to a file for audit of successful and unsuccessful completions.

Additional query words: switch switches regsvr32 exe pipe

Keywords: kbenv kbprb KB288373

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