I was a late adopter of Vista, so the following tips may be well-known to many. However they’re new to me and I find them useful, so in case someone else is dealing with these issues, then here you go:
Registering dlls fails — It seems to be due to Vista’s security model — even when logged in as an administrator, registering dlls sometimes fails. The fix is to open explorer, click ‘alt’ to make the menu visible, drill down to tools / folder options, click the view tab, and check ‘launch folder windows in a separate process’. Then you will be able to right-click explorer and run it as an administrator (even though you’re already logged in as an administrator — go figure). From this administrator-empowered explorer you can right-click the dll, select ‘register’, and it works.
adding items to the sendto menu — You can’t access the sendto menu from the userprofile\sendto folder like previous versions of Windows. In Vista, add your new sendto shortcut(s) to %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\SendTo
HTH; BFN.
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