Question

I have written a BHO and a toolbar for Internet Explorer in C#. They are getting installed and working properly. In the manage add-ons window in IE8, I am able to see both my BHO and toolbar. But, the publisher name of both is set to “Control name is not available”. How can I set the publisher name?

Answer 1

Two things:

1. Are you signing your .dll? You need to sign your modules as well as your installation package.
2. Make sure your .dll has a VERSIONINFO resource in your .rc file. Here’s the documentation which has a sample you can basically cut and paste.