"Paul" <noone@executespammers.org> escribió en el mensaje
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> Help, please, I can't get any addins working on a new machine. I
> registered
> the correct plugin names into the right registry location. I gave
> VSControlHostLib with a strong name, created the interop assembly, put
> them
> both in the GAC. On my main development machine plugins work OK. On this
> new
> machine no plugins work (not even the ToolWindow example). I keep getting
> this error message when invoking EnvDTE.Windows.CreateToolWindow:
>
> System.Interop.RunTimeServices.COMException (0x800401F3): Invalid Class
> String.
>
> If someone could help me get this up and running before noon I would be
> very
> grateful.
>
> Thanks,
> Paul
>
>

"Carlos J. Quintero [.NET MVP]" <carlosq@NOSPAMsogecable.com> wrote in
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> Hi,
>
> I assume that the host (target) of your add-in is VS.NET (not an Office
> product) and that you are using a shim control (because you can call
> CreateToolwindow without the shim control in VS.NET 2002 and even in
VS.NET
> 2003 with a hack).
>
> The shim control, provided by MS or other versions out there, needs to be
> re-ProgID and re-GUID to avoid collisions with shim controls of other
> products. Have you done that? See
>
>

>
> That said, the shim control, being an ActiveX (COM) control, must be
> registered with regsvr32.exe or similar. Have you done this on the client
> machines?
>
> Finally, why are you deploying it to the GAC? There is no need for that,
> unless you are sharing it with other apps.
>
> --
> Best regards,
>
> Carlos J. Quintero
>
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>
> "Paul" <noone@executespammers.org> escribió en el mensaje
> news:u3lZao%23eFHA.3616@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > Help, please, I can't get any addins working on a new machine. I
> > registered
> > the correct plugin names into the right registry location. I gave
> > VSControlHostLib with a strong name, created the interop assembly, put
> > them
> > both in the GAC. On my main development machine plugins work OK. On this
> > new
> > machine no plugins work (not even the ToolWindow example). I keep
getting
> > this error message when invoking EnvDTE.Windows.CreateToolWindow:
> >
> > System.Interop.RunTimeServices.COMException (0x800401F3): Invalid Class
> > String.
> >
> > If someone could help me get this up and running before noon I would be
> > very
> > grateful.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Paul
> >
> >
>
>

"Paul" <noone@executespammers.org> escribió en el mensaje
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> regsvr32.exe did it you were right yes yes yes
>
> Wohoo! Pulled out of the fire!
>
> Thanks!
>
> Paul
>