Active Setup

Hi,

I've created an MSI with advertises shortcut to install some per-user
components, say HKCU registry keys. But it will throw an digital signature
policy error in a Locke Down XP OS due to the advertised shortcut.

I came to know that we can use ACTIVE SETUP for avoiding advertised shortcut
by creating an .inf file, which contains the details of the required HKCU,
and generating the reg. key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Active
Setup\Installed Components\{00A0A0A0-0AAA-00AA-AAA0-00000A000001} which
contains some stub path to invoke the created .inf file to populate the HKCU
keys.

Can any one tell, exactly how this Active Setup works. My doubt is how this
will replace the Advertised shortcut which will put the required HKCU reg.
keys at the time of invoking. Whether this STUB PATH is some thing which will
execute the given operation for each user login?.

Please advise..

Thanks and regards,

Kannan.