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Is activex,ole,and com section only used by internet explorer?

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When I go to a registry cleaner the above item always appear but are not fixed so I thing they are not part of Firefox. Is this true and why?

When I go to a registry cleaner the above item always appear but are not fixed so I thing they are not part of Firefox. Is this true and why?

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Firefox doesn't use ActiveX controls (also known as COM objects) because those are proprietary to the Windows operating system.

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Thanks, just as I thought