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dan

Anyone know of a program that will show me all the ActiveX drivers on my
computer and allows me to remove the ones I don't want ?
 
Windows explorer. Search for the "Downloaded program files" folder usually
located here C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Program Files but not always.
 
Thanks Wes, now I have a complete list.
Next question, do you know a site that lists the ones that are ok to keep.
I have 37 !
 
Dan,

Beat ya, I have 75. ;-)

The folders that the files are in give a big clue. Some .ocx files are a
legitimate part of a program's files.

For example...
C:\Program Files\ahead\Nero\WaveEditor
C:\Program Files\AutoCAD LT 2000i
C:\Program Files\CMH Software\The Constructor
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Autodesk Shared
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSInfo
C:\Program Files\Common Files\ScanSoft Shared
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Money\System
C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office10\HTML
C:\Program Files\ScanSoft\PaperPort
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The files in C:\WINDOWS\Downloaded Program Files may be the ones to be
concerned about.

Just because it's an .ocx file doesn't make it evil.

There are going to be Microsoft .ocx files in some of the folders above, but
a lot in the folders below.
C:\WINDOWS\occache
C:\WINDOWS\system
C:\WINDOWS\system32
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There are quite a few .ocx files that come with XP.

List from XP Home CD:
ASCTRLS.OCX = Active Setup Controls
DAXCTLE.OCX = Microsoft MMCtls
DHTMLED.OCX = Microsoft (R) Dynamic HTML Editing Control
DMVIEW.OCX = Disk Management Snap-in
HHCTRL.OCX = Microsoft® HTML Help Control
IEINFO5.OC = Microsoft System Information IE Extension
MSDXM.OCX = Windows Media Player 2 ActiveX Control (for WMP ver 6.4)
MSSCRIPT.OCX = Microsoft (r) Script Control
PLUGIN.OCX = ActiveX Plugin OCX
PROCTEXE.OCX = Intel Procedural Textures
SWFLASH.OCX = shockwave flash
SYSMON.OCX = System Monitor Control
TDC.OCX = TDC ActiveX Control
WMIDX.OCX = Windows Media Indexer OCX
WMP.OCX = Windows Media Player
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Right click a file | Properties | Version tab

There should be a description on both General and Version tabs.

Version tab.

Click a category on the left to display the information on the right.

Other version information
Item Name:
Company
File Version
Internal Name
Language
Original File Name
Product Name
Product Version
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You can search for .ocx files here. But there isn't much more info than
you'd see in File Properties.
http://support.microsoft.com/dllhelp/

or here
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;EN-US;KBHOWTO

or Google.

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

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Wes

Can anyone play? Before I put in my figure is double counting permitted <g>?

I've got 75 but some are backup copies!

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Gerry
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Duplicates do not count. You are disqualified, Gerry. ;-)

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