> Hi All
>
> I have a VB.net 2005 App which uses MS Word 2003 to do printing and Mail
> Merging, by automation
>
> All works fine on my Laptop (XP Pro SP2, Word 2003) but on my desktop (XP
> Pro SP2, Word 2003) I get the following message when I try to launch Word
> using the code..
> Imports Word = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word
>
> Dim wordapp As Word.Application = New Word.Application --- error
>
> 'Retreiving the COM Class Factory for component with CLSID
> {000209FF-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} failed due to the following error
> 8007045a'
>
> I have uninstalled and reinstalled the .Net programmability option in Word
> 2003 setup.
> The required assemblies are in the GAC on both computers
> My app references Microsoft Word 11.0 Object Library
>
> Can anybody help
>
> Regards
> Steve

"Rich" <RMSUPERSTA***@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Do you have the latest .net framework/visual studio service packs? Make
> sure that you have the same versions.
>
> steve wrote:
>> Hi All
>>
>> I have a VB.net 2005 App which uses MS Word 2003 to do printing and Mail
>> Merging, by automation
>>
>> All works fine on my Laptop (XP Pro SP2, Word 2003) but on my desktop (XP
>> Pro SP2, Word 2003) I get the following message when I try to launch Word
>> using the code..
>> Imports Word = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word
>>
>> Dim wordapp As Word.Application = New Word.Application --- error
>>
>> 'Retreiving the COM Class Factory for component with CLSID
>> {000209FF-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} failed due to the following error
>> 8007045a'
>>
>> I have uninstalled and reinstalled the .Net programmability option in
>> Word
>> 2003 setup.
>> The required assemblies are in the GAC on both computers
>> My app references Microsoft Word 11.0 Object Library
>>
>> Can anybody help
>>
>> Regards
>> Steve
>

"Luke Zhang [MSFT]" <lukez***@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello Steve,
>
> As I understand, the VB .NET 2005 application will create a
> Word.Application object, and this works on your laptop, but not on your
> desktop. Did you have .NET framework 2.0 and Office 2003 completely
> installed on the desktop? More specific, if you check the system registry,
> can you find following entry?
>
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{000209FF-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}
>
> And, on the desktop, is the application running with a local administrator
> account so that it will have enough permission to access this entry in
> registry?
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Luke Zhang
>
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