COMRegistrationFixes package
Utilities to re-register particular system COM interfaces needed by NVDA. Relevant discussions of DLLs, registry keys, and paths, can be found on these issues: https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda/issues/2807#issuecomment-320149243 https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda/issues/9039 https://github.com/nvaccess/nvda/issues/12560
- COMRegistrationFixes.register32bitServer(fileName: str) None
Registers the COM proxy dll with the given file name, using the 32-bit version of regsvr32. Note: this function is valid while NVDA remains a 32-bit app. Re-evaluate if we move to 64-bit.
- Parameters:
fileName – The path to the DLL
- COMRegistrationFixes.register64bitServer(fileName: str) None
Registers the COM proxy dll with the given file name, using the 64-bit version of regsvr64. Note: this function is valid while NVDA remains a 32-bit app. Re-evaluate if we move to 64-bit.
- Parameters:
fileName – The path to the DLL
- COMRegistrationFixes.apply32bitRegistryPatch(fileName: str) None
Applies the registry patch with the given file name, using 32-bit regExe. Note: this function is valid while NVDA remains a 32-bit app. Re-evaluate if we move to 64-bit. :param fileName: The path to the .reg file
- COMRegistrationFixes.apply64bitRegistryPatch(fileName: str) None
Applies the registry patch with the given file name, using 64-bit regExe. Note: this function is valid while NVDA remains a 32-bit app. Re-evaluate if we move to 64-bit.
- Parameters:
fileName – The path to the .reg file
- COMRegistrationFixes.fixCOMRegistrations() None
Registers most common COM proxies, in case they have accidentally been unregistered or overwritten by 3rd party software installs or uninstalls.