This is a Windows system installed file with Windows File Protection (WFP) enabled.
There are 131 versions of shdocvw.dll in the wild, the latest version being 6.3.9600.16384 (winblue_rtm.130821-1623). It is integrated as a plugin to Internet Explorer and will load for each instance of IE. It adds a context menu to the Window's shell named Window Switcher Flip 3D. The average file size is about 1.38 MB. The programs ModelBuilder, Media Investigator 6 and Tamin listDisk 2 have been observed as installing specific variations of shdocvw.dll.
Shdocvw.dll provides functionality such as navigation and history, and is commonly referred to as the WebBrowser control. This DLL exposes ActiveX Control interfaces, enabling you to easily host the DLL in a Windows application using frameworks such as Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Foundation Classes (MFC), Active Template Library (ATL), or Microsoft .NET Windows Forms. When your application hosts the WebBrowser control, it obtains all the functionality of Internet Explorer except for the us
(Note, the programs listed below are for all versions of Shell Doc Object and Control Library.)
(Note, the behaviors below are for all versions of shdocvw.dll, select a unique version for details.)
Located in the registry at 'SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Shell Extensions\Approved'
United States installs about 69.50% of Shell Doc Object and Control Library.
