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Q12895 - FIX: Error trying to browse SQL Server with the Object Explorer in MS SQL Server Management Studio.

Problem:

You get the following error when trying to browse SQL Server with the Object Explorer in MS SQL Server Management Studio:

Unable to cast COM object of type 'System.__ComObject' to interface type 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.OLE.Interop.IServiceProvider'. This operation failed because the QueryInterface call on the COM component for the interface with IID '{6D5140C1-7436-11CE-8034-00AA006009FA}' failed due to the following error: No such interface supported (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80004002 (E_NOINTERFACE)).

Solution:

There are many possible solutions to this problem.

The first thing to try is to unregister and then re-register two dll's and then reboot.

1. Re-register ieproxy.dll:

regsvr32 /u "C:\program files\internet explorer\ieproxy.dll"

regsvr32 "C:\program files\internet explorer\ieproxy.dll"

For windows 7 Replace the 2 lines above with the following 2 lines.

regsvr32 /u "C:\program files (x86)\internet explorer\ieproxy.dll"

regsvr32 "C:\program files (x86)\internet explorer\ieproxy.dll"

2. Re-register actxprxy.dll:

regsvr32 /u "C:\windows\system32\actxprxy.dll"

regsvr32 "C:\windows\system32\actxprxy.dll"

3. Reboot your computer.

 

If this doesn't solve the problem, here are a few useful links.

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/sqltools/thread/d5d3e5fc-d8ce-4f42-b7ea-9bbbb7756a20

http://support.sourcegear.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=12680&p=52790&hilit=management+studio#p52790

http://www.davidmoore.info/2009/08/19/solution-explorer-open-each-folder-in-same-window-error-and-sql-management-studio-ie-and-team-explorer-errors/

 

 

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very good article. clearly explain the detailed instructions on how to resolve the problem. Approved: 2/21/2011 7:21 AM
Created on 2/26/2010 11:24 AM.
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