You're only breaking something if the file is there, properly
registered, and some software is using it.
The thing is that with these pre-created CLSID entries the involved
component could just be dropped in place. Removing those CLSID entries
could than cause the program trying to reach them to fail.
And thats pretty-much what I'm trying to verify : that noone has ever experienced something like that (and I thus can just remove those CLSID entries).
Which might be a good thing. deskpan.dll (control panel extension) and the EAPHost Authenticator Service (don't know which particular file[s]) have
been associated with exploits (see MS11-071 security bulletin).
All are MS files but I've had no problems with their absence.
Hello all,
A few days ago I decided to check the CLSID entries in my registry (I've
been installing and un-unstalling ActiveX components). I found some which pointed to programs/dlls which do not exist :
BdaPlgin.ax
CaPlgin.ax
deskpan.dll
eapahost.dll
eapa3hst.dll
mscoree.dll
a few of those exist in multiple CLSIDs, and all of them are under the "InProcSever32" subkey. I googled for few and found that they are some
kind of remainder ... of something related to the OS.
What I would like to know if I can just delete those CLSID entries, or if they stil are needed. If it makes any difference, the involved OS is
XPsp3.
Regards,
Rudy Wieser
Whether it's safe to delete the irrelevant registry data and/or
files, would depend on what they are for, whether they actually
exist in the system
JJ,
Whether it's safe to delete the irrelevant registry data and/or
files, would depend on what they are for, whether they actually
exist in the system
Well, thats what I started with : those files definitily do not exist on my 'puter.
The whole question is if I could possibly muck something up by removing the related registry keys.
Regards,
Rudy Wieser
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