"interface not registered" when attempting to create or edit a macro ...

"interface not registered" when attempting to create or edit a macro ...

• Hugo Barauna

  This appears to be a general .NET framework registration problem since you are seeing the problem with multiple applications. Can you try re-installing/repairing just the framework The setup program should be named dotnetfx.exe. It sounds like something has been unregistered, something that happens occasionally when a program is uninstalled, and the uninstall program removes registry settings that it should not.

  Craig

  
  
  

• osubvr

  I tried to repair both VS and the .Net framework, without success...

  But : i tried to manually register some dlls : msxml3.dll, msxml6.dll and ole32.dll , at first it didn't changed anything, so i tried to investigate a little bit more with sysinternal's RegMon and FileMon , just to see what dll are not registered.

  The strange thing is that, while doing some tracing, i tried to press the ALT+F11 shortcut , and it worked ! Since, i no longer have the 'interface not registered' error, everything is normal ! I think it's related to the manual dll registration, but it didn't have a direct effet ...

  Very strange, but it works !

  ben

  
  
  

• TopSQL

  
  James,
  
  THANK YOU. He is right this fixes it!!!
  Cut and paste this into notepad, save as .reg file, click it and FIXED!!!!
  ------------------------------------- START-----------------------------------------
  Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
  
  [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{0000000C-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]
  @="IStream"
  
  [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{0000000C-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\NumMethods]
  @="14"
  
  [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{0000000C-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\ProxyStubClsid32]
  @="{00000320-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
  -------------------------------------END------------------------------------------
  
  
  
  
  
  

• stlb

  I've just used RegMon from SysInternals to get to the bottom of this. Somehow, the registry key:
  
  HKCR\Interface\{00000000-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
  
  had been removed.
  
  This is the IStream interface, which is a fundamental Windows facility for saving/loading files.
  
  Quite how this got unregistered, I don't know (I re-installed VS6, VS2003, VS2005, SQL2005, etc, several times - no change), but adding the key back to the registry makes it all come to life:
  
  HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{0000000C-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
  (DefaultValue)="IStream"
  HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{0000000C-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\NumMethods
  (DefaultValue)="14"
  HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\{0000000C-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\ProxyStubClsid32
  (DefaultValue)="{00000320-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
  
  Adding this information in RegEdit is waaaaay faster than reinstalling
  
  James
  
  

• Robin Message

  I have the same problem here. Can you please say which dll-s you re-registrated
  

• Anders Ryden

  The list is in my previous post !

  msxml3.dll, msxml6.dll and ole32.dll

  As i said, it was very strange, because just after having re-registered those Dll's nothing changed, i rebooted, again nothing happens, the error was corrected while trying to investigate a little bit more with RegMon and FileMon, i pressed the shortcut key to access the macro environment, and it worked ! Now, i can use it normally ...

  Strange thing ....

  
  
  
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