> The downside is that you don't get autolaunch as with COM. > The exe has to be running. A service makes a good base for such work.
Just to clarify: you don't get the autolauch "for free" like you did in something like ATL. You've got to do the registry munging yourself... You can read messages from the DOTNET archive, unsubscribe from DOTNET, or subscribe to other DevelopMentor lists at http://discuss.develop.com.
