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Q221173: PRB: Installing VB6 Doesn’t Update Clireg32.exe

Article: Q221173
Product(s): Microsoft Visual Basic for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:6.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbwizard kbDCOM kbVBp600 kbGrpDSVB
Last Modified: 11-JAN-2001

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Visual Basic Learning Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Professional Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
- Microsoft Visual Basic Enterprise Edition for Windows, version 6.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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After creating a Visual Basic application that references remote servers using
DCOM and then installing it on a target machine, the application crashes when it
tries to call the remote server.

CAUSE
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This can occur if you are still using the older version of Clireg32.exe. For
additional information on this problem, please see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q185193 CLIREG32 Fails to Register TypeLibrary of DCOM server

RESOLUTION
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Visual Basic 6.0 ships a newer version of Clireg32.exe that can be found on the
Visual Basic 6.0 or Visual Studio 6.0 CDs. However, when you install Visual
Basic 6.0 or Visual Studio 6.0, the newer version does not get installed on your
machine. Consequently, when you create a distribution package for your Visual
Basic 6.0 applications, the Package and Deployment Wizard (PDW) takes the old
version of Clireg32.exe from the winnt\system32 directory and includes it in the
distribution list. When this happens, you experience the problem described in
the above Knowledge Base article.

To solve the problem:

1. Check if you have the old version in the winnt\system32 folder. The versions
  are:

   - Old Version: 5.00.3716 Size: 44 kb Date: 1/16/97 12:00

   - New Version: 6.00.8168 Size: 42 kb Date: 6/17/98 12:00

2. If the old version exists, copy the new version from the Visual Basic 6.0 CD
  into the Winnt\system32 directory.

3. Recreate the distribution files with the PDW.

4. Reinstall the client to the workstations.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : kbwizard kbDCOM kbVBp600 kbGrpDSVB 
Technology        : kbVBSearch kbAudDeveloper kbZNotKeyword6 kbZNotKeyword2 kbVB600Search kbVBA600 kbVB600
Version           : WINDOWS:6.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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