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Is there any way of identifying software modules with the help of only knowing CLASID value in the windows registry?

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If you know the CLSID, you can find the component in the registry, lookup

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\<Guid>

Where <guid> is the CLSID in the braced format used in the registry. Under this key you will get one of serveral possible keys that will lead to the implementation. E.g. InProcServer32 for in process. The default value of the GUID key is usually the name of the component, which scripting languages can use to create instances (and appears in HKCR\ along with file extensions).

Richard