tracing a wierd COM icon handler??

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giddy

hi ,

Recently , i dont exactly remember when , all my xml files showed with
a very wierd icon.

This is what it looks like.:
http://gidsfiles.googlepages.com/xml_icon.jpg

I checked for the file association in the File Types tab under
explorer folder options , it points to the regular icon in msxml2.dll,
0 .I even checked the registry , the defaultIcon point to msxml2.d.

**BUT , i had this extra key.

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\xmlfile\ShellEx]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\xmlfile\ShellEx\IconHandler]
@="{AB968F1E-E20B-403A-9EB8-72EB0EB6797E}"

As you can see , i exported it and deleted it , and now my default
icon is back.

***BUT how do i get that COM object? I know its still lying somewhere
in my system and i want to get it out!????

Thanks

Gideon
 
{AB968F1E-E20B-403A-9EB8-72EB0EB6797E}
Microsoft Office InfoPath
Office XP (2002)
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE10\MSOXEV.DLL
Office 2003
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE11\MSOXEV.DLL
Office 2007
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE12\MSOXEV.DLL

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\xmlfile\DefaultIcon
(Default)
REG_EXPAND_SZ
%SystemRoot%\system32\msxml3.dll,0

msxml3.dll and msxml2.dll have the same two icons.

BUG: An HTML file or an XML file that you archived to a secondary storage
device may appear without an icon in Windows Explorer on a client computer
that is running Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935774

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
 
BUG: An HTML file or an XML file that you archived to a secondary storage
device may appear without an icon in Windows Explorer on a client computer
that is running Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935774
Click to expand...

Good golly miss Molly! I just read the RESOLUTION in 935774. What a
totally stupid statement: "To resolve this problem, upgrade the operating
system to Windows Vista."

Who is Microsoft trying to kid. To resolve this problem, KMA!

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
Wesley Vogel said:
{AB968F1E-E20B-403A-9EB8-72EB0EB6797E}
Microsoft Office InfoPath
Office XP (2002)
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE10\MSOXEV.DLL
Office 2003
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE11\MSOXEV.DLL
Office 2007
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE12\MSOXEV.DLL

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\xmlfile\DefaultIcon
(Default)
REG_EXPAND_SZ
%SystemRoot%\system32\msxml3.dll,0

msxml3.dll and msxml2.dll have the same two icons.

BUG: An HTML file or an XML file that you archived to a secondary storage
device may appear without an icon in Windows Explorer on a client computer
that is running Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935774

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
giddy said:
hi ,

Recently , i dont exactly remember when , all my xml files showed with
a very wierd icon.

This is what it looks like.:
http://gidsfiles.googlepages.com/xml_icon.jpg

I checked for the file association in the File Types tab under
explorer folder options , it points to the regular icon in msxml2.dll,
0 .I even checked the registry , the defaultIcon point to msxml2.d.

**BUT , i had this extra key.

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\xmlfile\ShellEx]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\xmlfile\ShellEx\IconHandler]
@="{AB968F1E-E20B-403A-9EB8-72EB0EB6797E}"

As you can see , i exported it and deleted it , and now my default
icon is back.

***BUT how do i get that COM object? I know its still lying somewhere
in my system and i want to get it out!????

Thanks

Gideon
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
HI Wesley ,
{AB968F1E-E20B-403A-9EB8-72EB0EB6797E}
Microsoft Office InfoPath
Office XP (2002)
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE10\MSOXEV.DLL
Office 2003
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE11\MSOXEV.DLL
Office 2007
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE12\MSOXEV.DLL

msxml3.dll and msxml2.dll have the same two icons.
Click to expand...
BUG: An HTML file or an XML file that you archived to a secondary storage
device may appear without an icon in Windows Explorer on a client computer
that is running Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935774
Click to expand...
Click to expand...

Yes it does! =)

Thanks so much for your quick reply! I have office 07 installed so
its .....\OFFICE12\MSOXEV.DLL

I was afraid it was some wierd unknow COM extension that got
installed! I keep everything on my system perfectly fine tuned , clean
and just the way i want it! =P so i was worried! But everything is
fine now. I still wonder why office 2007! would add such a ghastly
icon to any file!

I do want to ask you , is there a way you figured module from the GUID
or did you just know it!??
Good golly miss Molly! I just read the RESOLUTION in 935774. What a
totally stupid statement: "To resolve this problem, upgrade the operating
system to Windows Vista."

Who is Microsoft trying to kid. To resolve this problem, KMA!
Click to expand...


Hahaha! loL!


Thanks so much.

Gideon
 
Ho Gideon,
I do want to ask you , is there a way you figured module from the GUID
or did you just know it!??
Click to expand...

www.google.com

You could have searched your registry for that GUID and probably found the
same info. I have MS Word 2002, but no InfoPath, so no MSOXEV.DLL.

--
Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In
giddy said:
HI Wesley ,
{AB968F1E-E20B-403A-9EB8-72EB0EB6797E}
Microsoft Office InfoPath
Office XP (2002)
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE10\MSOXEV.DLL
Office 2003
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE11\MSOXEV.DLL
Office 2007
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\OFFICE12\MSOXEV.DLL

msxml3.dll and msxml2.dll have the same two icons.
Click to expand...
BUG: An HTML file or an XML file that you archived to a secondary
storage device may appear without an icon in Windows Explorer on a
client computer that is running Windows Server 2003 or Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935774
Click to expand...
Click to expand...

Yes it does! =)

Thanks so much for your quick reply! I have office 07 installed so
its .....\OFFICE12\MSOXEV.DLL

I was afraid it was some wierd unknow COM extension that got
installed! I keep everything on my system perfectly fine tuned , clean
and just the way i want it! =P so i was worried! But everything is
fine now. I still wonder why office 2007! would add such a ghastly
icon to any file!

I do want to ask you , is there a way you figured module from the GUID
or did you just know it!??
Good golly miss Molly! I just read the RESOLUTION in 935774. What a
totally stupid statement: "To resolve this problem, upgrade the operating
system to Windows Vista."

Who is Microsoft trying to kid. To resolve this problem, KMA!
Click to expand...


Hahaha! loL!


Thanks so much.

Gideon
Click to expand...
 

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