Installer/updater should re-enable any components disabled in IE

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From MikeT:

If Gears behaves badly, it gets disabled in IE. (See Manage Add-Ons.) On an
install or update, the installer should undo that.

I don't know whether there's a way to distinguish user-disabled components
and those shut off by the browser. If not, then this might lead to
undesirable behavior.

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From CPrince:

I reverse engineered how to fix this (at least for IE7 on WinXP).

When an add-on is disabled, it gets an entry here:
HKCU\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Ext\Stats\{__GUID__}\iexplore\Fla
gs

Deleting the {__GUID__} key under \Stats enables the add-on.

Here are the Gears GUIDs that can be disabled:
* Factory: {C93A7319-17B3-4504-87CD-03EFC6103E6E}
* BHO: {E0FEFE40-FBF9-42AE-BA58-794CA7E3FB53}
* Settings menu: {09C04DA7-5B76-4EBC-BBEE-B25EAC5965F5}

Original issue reported on code.google.com by gears.te...@gmail.com on 28 Jun 2007 at 11:16

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Original comment by othman@gmail.com on 5 Sep 2007 at 7:52

• Added labels: Version-later
• Removed labels: Milestone-M3

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Original comment by gears.te...@gmail.com on 21 Jan 2008 at 6:15

• Changed state: Accepted

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Original comment by gears.te...@gmail.com on 9 May 2008 at 7:26