Platform SDK: RAS/Routing and RAS

RAS Administration DLL Registry Setup

The setup program for a third-party RAS administration DLL must register the DLL with RAS by providing information under the following key in the registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RAS\AdminDll

To register the DLL, set the following values under this key.

Value name Value data
DisplayName A REG_SZ string that contains the user-friendly display name of the DLL.
DLLPath A REG_SZ string that contains the full path of the DLL.

For example, the registry entry for a RAS administration DLL from a fictional company named ProElectron, Inc. might be:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\RAS\AdminDll

DisplayName : REG_SZ : ProElectron RAS Admin DLL

DLLPath : REG_SZ : C:\nt\system32\ntwkadm.dll

The setup program for a RAS administration DLL should also provide remove/uninstall functionality. If a user removes the DLL, the setup program should delete the DLL's registry entries.