ActiveX component can t create object

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I have just installed a third party app on my Windows Server 2008 server and I get the      ActiveX Component can t create object   message when I try to access using a CreateObject in VBScript   It is definitely installed and exists under  Programs and Features   Does anyone have a list of things that I can check to figure out what is going on   I have now tried to register the DLL using regsvr32 exe  i bob dll as suggested but I get this error      The Module  Bob dll  was loaded but the entry-point DllRegisterServer was    not found       Make sure that  Bob dll  is valid DLL or OCX file and then try again    I should note that this is a 32-bit application on a 64-bit machine at this point  It also works fine on my machine which is Windows XP 32-bit

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It turns out to get this application working under VBScript, I had to do two things.

Run RegAsm.exe to register the DLLs.
Run the C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cscript.exe to run my VBScript.

If these don't work, check out the other answer here about enabling 32-bit applications in IIS.

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Check your browser settings  For me  using IE  the fix was to go into Tools Internet Options  Security tab  for the relevant zone   quot custom level quot  and check the ActiveX settings  Setting  quot Initialize and script ActiveX controls not marked as safe for scripting quot  to  quot Enable quot  fixed this problem for me

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If its a 32 bit COM Active X  use version 32 bit of cscript exe wscript exe located in C  Windows SysWOW64

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I ve had the same issue in a VB6 program I m writing  where a Form uses a ScriptControl object to run VBScripts selected by the User    It worked fine until the other day  when it suddenly started displaying  Runtime error 429  when the VBScript attempted to create a Scripting FileSystemObject   After going mad for an entire day  trying all the solutions proposed here  I began suspecting the problem was in my application   Fortunately  I had a backup version of that form  I compared their codes  and discovered that inadvertently I had set UseSafeSubset property of my ScriptControl object to True   It was the only difference in the form  and after restoring the backup copy it worked like a charm   Hope this can be useful to someone  Up with VB6   -   Max - Italy

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Also when you register the component make sure you use the 32-bit version of regsvr32 exe  If you simply run regsvr32 exe in a elevated prompt  it will default take the standard 64-bit version  which oddly enough is located in C  Windows System32   The version I believe you need is located in C  Windows SysWow64 regsvr32 exe

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It s also worth checking that you ve got  Enable 32-bit Applications  set to True in the advanced settings of the DefaultAppPool within IIS

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The app is trying to create a COM Object and even if that COM DLL exists  it may depend on another DLL which isn t installed  You can use DependencyWalker to find out if this is the case

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I had this problem too  I was trying to run an old 32-bit dll in a 64 bit system  I got it working by copying the  dll to the C  Windows SysWoW64  directory and running this    systemroot  SysWoW64 regsvr32  C  Windows SysWoW64 thenameofyourdll dll    And also enabling IIS to run 32 bit apps

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I had the same issue with Excel  I was trying to use a 32 COM DLL with an Excel 64 bits version and I got this error  I rebuild the COM dll to a 64 bits version and the error disappears  So be sure that your COM dll has the same architecture  x86 vs x64  than your application

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I also meet the same error in vbscript   Set objFSO   CreateObject  Scripting FileSystemObject     Solution  Open command line  run     regsvr32  i  c  windows system32 scrrun dll    and it works

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I know this is an old thread  but has anyone checked if their Antivirus is blocking Win32API and Scripting on their systems  I have CylanceProtect installed on my office system and i found the same issues occurring as listed by others  This can be confirmed if you check the Windows Logs in Event Viewer

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It really looks as though the object you are referencing is not registered on the system   I know you said it s installed  but that doesn t necessarily mean it s registered  To confirm this  search for the progID that you used in your registry    Example for this code    set objFSO   CreateObject  Scripting FileSystemObject      I would search for Scripting FileSystemObject in the registry  Then I would look at registry key above the found value  for InProcServer32 value  This will give you the path to the ActiveX file that it was registered from  for Scripting FileSystemObject the file is  c  windows system32 scrrun dll      If you can t find your progID in the registry  then it s not registered on your system which is your problem   If it s not registered you need to find out what file registers it  which is usually an  ocx or a  dll in the same folder path of your third party app  and then register these file s   Here is the command to register a file    regsvr32  i  c  windows system32 scrrun dll    Even if you find the progID value in the registry and it references a file that is present on your system  you may still want to try re-registering the file   I have found that sometimes the registration got broken somehow somewhere and it was easier to re-register the files then it was to fix the issue

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