Microsoft KB Archive/127892

Bob: Blank Lines Listed in the Add an Object Dialog Balloon

PSS ID Number: Q127892 Article last modified on 03-02-1996

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= SUMMARY =

When you choose the Add An Object squishy in Microsoft Bob Letter Writer, and then select the Show Every Available Object check box, you see several blank lines in the list of choices.

= MORE INFORMATION =

The blank lines occur when an OLE application places information in the Windows Registration Database that does not include a friendly name. Most applications register a class name and a friendly name. When an entry does not include a friendly name it is displayed as a blank line in the Add An Object list. These blank lines are valid entries that you can ignore but not remove the entries.

This problem does not apply in Windows 95, because Windows 95 does not use the Reg.dat file.

= REFERENCES =

For more information about blank lines in the REG.DAT file, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q107595 TITLE : Works: Blank Lines in the REG.DAT File

KBCategory: kbusage kbenv kbprb KBSubcategory: B_Letter

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Keywords : B_Letter Version : 1.00 Platform : WINDOWS ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1996.