>Should I be able to regsvr32 SHDOC401.DLL ??
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If SP5 or IE or whatever installed properly, then the file has to have registered properly. If is not a file that can be installed independently of the other shell components that use it. I'd try reapplying SP5.

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>>>I am using WinNT 4.0 SP5 with Explorer 5. Should it be registered. The error I get is that it is not registered, not that it is not there.
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>>What's the name of the OLE Server you're registrering? It should be Shell.Application. The following code works perfectly under NT with SP3 or later:
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>>ox=CREA('Shell.Application')
>>ox.SetTime()
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>>The provider is not SHELL32.DLL, in spite of your belief to the contrary, it's SHDOC401.DLL with IE5 5.00.2314.1003 installed under both NT and Win98. The GUID is {13709620-C279-11CE-A49E-444553540000}