regtlib – Tarik Billa

What happened to regtlibv12?

September 11, 2023 by Tarik

It was never part of the framework. And it is entirely undocumented. There is however a very consistent rumor that it is, lots of programmers have found it in their v2.0.50727 or v4.0.30319 directories and figured out that it could solve registration problems. Lots of forum posts mention it. The exact way it shows up … Read more

How to register a legacy typelib (.tlb) on Windows 7?

August 16, 2023 by Tarik

Well, I guess I can answer my own question (and for anyone else who has the same problem): Apparently, regtlibv12.exe is part of Visual Studio 2010 (contrary to what I read on various Microsoft forums), but it is located in the Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30139 folder (not the v2.0.50727 folder). Using that executable I was able to successfully … Read more