title: Can a Registration-Free COM component be used without registering it on the development machine?
body: <p>I have a Registration-Free COM component I developed that is working fine on target machines without needing to register the component.  It is in a dll that has tlb embedded, and an RT_MANIFEST resource that has the manifest that lists the assembly dependencies and CLSIDs for the component.  </p>
  
  <p>In Visual Studio(2008) I still need to register this COM component to do at least two things I have tried.  When adding a reference to the component, I cannot select the isolated property for the reference unless the component is registered.  I also can not create instances of the object when the debugger is running unless the component is registered.  I can however add the reference and compile the application and run it without registering the component.</p>
  
  <p>Is there some way to use a Registration-Free COM component in Visual Studio without registering it, or does it have to be registered on the development machine for everything to work correctly?</p>