[Tool] iepid v0.1.0 : for IE7 Addon makers

[kal]

iepid v0.1.0

Requested by ricktendo64 to dynamically add windows productid to ie7 (funcion that was missing), I coded this little tool that will do the job. You can launch it at T13 and it will copy ProductID value contained in

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion

to

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Registration

Licence : GPL

iepid v0.1.0
MD5: A797E876CA93C6B5F053F99673E54BB6
Size: 36KB

iepid Delphi Sources v0.1.0
MD5: D58C9DB3DF71ECE2393EFC41B4E04C9B
Size: 3KB

[ricktendo64]

SWEET!!! In case any non IE7 addon makers are wondering this is what it adds/fixes



Edit: 100% tested and working during t13

[MrNxDmX]

Nice one buddies.Will add it to my ie7 addons.

[kal]

I just found that this utility is, in fact, totally useless
Indeed, Windows Setup copy the registry key around T-30. We just need to be sure to not override it with our AddOn, and all wil be fine

Cheers,
Kal

[Stimpy]

Please forgive my possible stupidity, but what does this actually achieve? Is this a cosmetic fix, or something else?

[kal]

See the screenshort ricktendo64 posted : that's what it fix. But I found it's not necessary as Windows Setup program copy the needed registry key around T30.

[ricktendo64]

Here is the low down:
If you extract the IE7 installer and look at update.inf you will see the addreg entries use a special variable

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HKLM, "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Registration","ProductId",0x00000000,%ProductIDCode%

During install it runs a process that sets the ProductIDCode variable

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[DynamicStrings]
...
ProductIDCode = CustomFunction,iecustom.dll,GetProductIDCode

iepid.exe simply reads the pid from your registry and adds it to another location in the registry for the IE7 about dialog box

If you have an old OnePiece IE7 addon you will see a PID in your about dialog but notice it does not match your PID in the WMP11 about or Windows My Computer Properties

[5eraph]

Does it harm anything if the numbers do not match?

[kal]

No idea... Maybe it's needed for WGA things... But it's better to have it, it doesn't hurt

[ricktendo64]

No it does no harm at all...I used to use <not available> instead of a pid