DOCUMENT:Q175156  16-OCT-1997  [vbwin]
TITLE   :PRB: Class Not Registered Error and Empty Components Dialog
PRODUCT :Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
PROD/VER:WINDOWS:5.0
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
KEYWORDS:vb5all VBKBAX VBKBComp VBKBDesignTime VBKBEnv kberrmsg

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Visual Basic Control Creation, Learning, Professional, and
   Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 5.0
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SYMPTOMS
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When you choose to view the Component dialog in Microsoft Visual Basic 5.0,
either by clicking on the Project menu and selecting Components or by using
the activation keys CTRL+T, the following error is displayed:

   Class not registered
   Looking for object with CLSID: {0002E005-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}

After clicking OK, the Component dialog opens and no components are
displayed.

CAUSE
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The Microsoft Component Category Manager Library, ComCat.DLL, is
incorrectly registered.

RESOLUTION
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Correctly register ComCat.DLL using RegSvr32.Exe, a utility program that
ships with Visual Basic and allows you to register DLL's and other files
into the system registry.

To correctly register ComCat.DLL, follow the steps below:

1. Verify that ComCat.DLL is located in the Windows 95 Windows\System
   folder or in the Windows NT Windows\System32 folder. If ComCat.DLL can
   not be located, copy it from the Visual Basic installation media into
   the appropriate folder.

2. From the Start menu, choose Run.

3. Type the following command into the Run dialog, replacing <Path To
   Windows\System(32)> with the full path to your Windows\System folder:

      RegSvr32.Exe <Path To Windows\System(32)>\ComCat.DLL

MORE INFORMATION
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OLE groups all components into functional categories called Component
Categories. ComCat.DLL is used to identify the areas of functionality that
a component may support and provides the functionality to register and
unregister components into specific Component Categories. This way when
Visual Basic opens the Components dialog it can categorize the components
into Controls, Designers and Insertable Objects without displaying every
object and class registered on the system.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior
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1. Unregister ComCat.DLL using RegSvr32.Exe

      RegSvr32.Exe /U <Path To Windows\System(32)>\ComCat.DLL

2. Start Visual Basic 5.0 and create a new Standard EXE project.

3. From the Project menu, choose Components. The error message described
   above occurs. Note that when you click OK, no components are displayed.
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Keywords          : vb5all VBKBAX VBKBComp VBKBDesignTime VBKBEnv kberrmsg
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbprb

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