public static void EnsureComRegistration()
{
// Are we running with Administrator privileges? If so, we need to write to HKLM. Otherwise, need to write to HKCU.
RegistryKey rootKey = IsInAdministratorRole ? Registry.LocalMachine : Registry.CurrentUser;
try
{
// A client calling IRunningObjectTable::Register with the ROTFLAGS_ALLOWANYCLIENT bit must have its
// executable name in the AppID section of the registry that refers to the AppID for the executable.
var exeRegistrySettings = new RegistrySettingsPersister(rootKey, EXE_REGISTRY_PATH);
exeRegistrySettings.Set("AppID", APP_ID);
// A RunAs entry must be present because the system prohibits "activate as activator" processes from registering in
// the ROT with ROTFLAGS_ALLOWANYCLIENT.This is done for security reasons.
var appIdRegistrySettings = new RegistrySettingsPersister(rootKey, APP_ID_REGISTRY_PATH);
appIdRegistrySettings.Set("", "OpenLiveWriter.exe");
appIdRegistrySettings.Set("RunAs", "Interactive User");
if (IsInAdministratorRole)
{
// If we wrote to HKLM, even medium integrity processes can now use ROTFLAGS_ALLOWANYCLIENT.
// However, medium integrity processes can't read from HKLM to see if it's set or not, so we
// need a duplicate setting to store this information.
exeRegistrySettings = new RegistrySettingsPersister(Registry.CurrentUser, EXE_REGISTRY_PATH);
exeRegistrySettings.Set("AllowAnyClient", true);
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Trace.Fail("Exception thrown while setting RunningObjectTable COM registration: \r\n" + ex);
if (!RegistryHelper.IsRegistryException(ex))
throw;
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Registers the COM object under the given name. The returned
/// IDisposable must be disposed in order to remove the object
/// from the table, otherwise resource leaks may result (I think).
/// </summary>
public IDisposable Register(string itemName, object obj)
{
IMoniker mk = CreateMoniker(itemName);
// The ALLOW_ANY_CLIENT setting will be set to true if we've been launched via 'Run as administrator' at
// least once because this means we wrote the HKLM registry entries to allow passing the
// ROTFLAGS_ALLOWANYCLIENT flag.
var exeRegistrySettings = new RegistrySettingsPersister(Registry.CurrentUser, EXE_REGISTRY_PATH);
bool allowAnyClient = (bool)exeRegistrySettings.Get(ALLOW_ANY_CLIENT, typeof(bool), false);
int rotRegistrationFlags = allowAnyClient ?
(int)(RunningObjectTableFlags.RegistrationKeepsAlive | RunningObjectTableFlags.AllowAnyClient) :
(int)(RunningObjectTableFlags.RegistrationKeepsAlive);
try
{
int registration = _rot.Register(rotRegistrationFlags, obj, mk);
return new RegistrationHandle(this, registration);
}
catch (COMException ex)
{
Trace.Fail("Exception thrown from IRunningObjectTable::Register: \r\n" + ex);
// If registration failed, try again without ROTFLAGS_ALLOWANYCLIENT because the AllowAnyClient setting might be out of date.
exeRegistrySettings.Set(ALLOW_ANY_CLIENT, false);
rotRegistrationFlags = (int)(RunningObjectTableFlags.RegistrationKeepsAlive);
int registration = _rot.Register(rotRegistrationFlags, obj, mk);
return new RegistrationHandle(this, registration);
}
}