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August 21, 2008

System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException in Visual Studio 2008

So I went and installed Vista on my Mac Book Pro, moved a project I was working on to said Vista partition. Then I got the following error:

VS ComException

I tried a few of the suggestions found here :

http://geekswithblogs.net/marocanu2001/archive/2008/05/20/annoying-visual-studio-2008-little-bug.aspx

and a few other spots. I even installed a bunch of other IIS components … So I finally rebuilt the project. My project was working just fine… then I went and put it back in IIS. To create the Virtual Directory from Visual Studio I had to run it in admin mode :

Run As Admin

So I did and then I restarted due to some update. When I got back I started Visual Studio and tried to load my solution, then BAM! Error was back… So what did I do? I started VS in Admin mode and reloaded the solution. Worked like a charm… If there’s some bug fix I’m missing or some other junk leave that in the comments… I can’t imagine I’m the first to find this.

On a side note … if you are looking to take screen shots in Windows with a MBP keyboard here are the shortcuts… rather some interesting articles

MBP specific:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1220

All:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1167

Also in Vista there is the Snipping Tool which can be rather usefull….

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