Wednesday, October 24, 2007

Addon Management for IE 7--how to find a clsid for an add-on?

Usining GPO to allow or disallow an add-on, as shown below:




The question is: how do you find the clsid for an addon?



You need a target computer. For example, download the Yahoo! Toolbar and install it in the target computer. Run the REGEDIT tool and locate the registry key:





HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID



Edit menu--Find--


Type in Yahoo! Toolbar




It will lead you to the record shown below:
Then, right click on the Registry Key and select Copy Key Name and Paste it to Addon List window--only keep the { } :





0--disable the addon


1--allow the addon


Search your registry for SSVHelper, you will find the clsid for Java SSVHelper Class ssv.dll
{761497BB-D6F0-462C-B6EB-D4DAF1D92D43}


Search your registry for Sun Java Console, you will find the clsid for Sun Java Console


{08B0E5C0-4FCB-11CF-AAA5-00401C608501}