02 May 2011

Another Solution to Active X error in Windows Server 2003

ActiveX Control cannot create object" Error showing in opning any module in server machine
Symptoms
When you use Microsoft Access related applications, you receive the following error message: ActiveX...
When you use Microsoft Access, you receive the following error message:
ActiveX component can't create object
This article describes some common causes for this error message and offers methods that you can use to resolve the issue.
cause
This behavior can occur if any of the following conditions are true: Data Access...
This behavior can occur if any of the following conditions are true:
Data Access Objects (DAO) is not properly registered.
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One or more references are missing.
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There is a utility database reference that is not valid.
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You do not have the required permissions for required libraries.
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There is a damaged wizard file.
Resolution
Cause 1: DAO is not properly registered
1. On the computer that hosts Microsoft Windows Terminal Server or the computer on which Microsoft Access is installed, click Start, and then click Run.
2. Type regsvr32 followed by the path to your DAO file. Enclose this path in quotation marks. For example, to register the DAO 3.6 library, use the following command:
regsvr32 "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\DAO\DAO360.DLL"


Cause 2: There is a damaged wizard file
1. Use Windows Explorer to locate the following wizard files: Acwzmain.mde, Acwztool.mde and Acwzlib.mde.
2. Change the file name extension of each file to "old." For example, change Acwzmain.mde to Acwzmain.old.
3. Reinstall Access to restore the files.

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