Windows error 0x80080005, -2146959355

Detailed Error Information

CO_E_SERVER_EXEC_FAILURE^[1]

Message	Server execution failed
Declared in	winerror.h

HRESULT analysis^[2]

Flags	Severity	Failure
	Reserved (R)	false
	Origin	Microsoft
	NTSTATUS	false
	Reserved (X)	false
Facility	Code	8 (0x008)
	Name	FACILITY_WINDOWS^[2]^[1]
	Description	The source of the error code is the Windows subsystem.^[2]^[1]
Error Code		5 (0x0005)

Questions

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outlook

An error occurred when attempting to search Windows Update

I use SSM document AWS-RunPatchBaseline to patch my windows servers. while trying to run it, I had this error with one of my servers: Invoke-PatchBaselineOperation : Exception Details: An error occurred when attempting to search Windows Update. Exception Level 1: Error Message: Server execution failed (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80080005 (CO_E_SERVER_EXEC_FAILURE)) [...] read more

windows

amazon-web-services

updates

ssm

Receiving COM class not registered error when trying to run my application

Used by: Win 7x64; Visual Studio 2019; MindManager 2019 - MM 19.1.198 (32-x.) 10.01.2019; Problem: My code is throwing the COM class not registered error on the line: mm.Topic topic = new mm.Topic ();. I get an error. Error: > Failed to get COM class factory for component with CLSID [...] read more

mind-manager

Outlook VSTO Add-in - Load Error 80080005

I have an Outlook add-in and it works fine. But, on the Outlook loading, my add-in shuts down and i got an error > Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID > {0006F03A-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} failed due to the following error: > 80080005 Server execution failed (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80080005 [...] read more

vsto

outlook-addin

Issue launching Outlook using Office Interop

I am building an ASP webforms application in C# and I am trying to launch Outlook to send an email from the client computer. I am using the following example, which I found online. public void sendEmail(object sender, EventArgs e) { // Create the Outlook application. Outlook.Application oApp = new [...] read more

asp.net

outlook

office-interop

How to fix Excel.Application error that occurs randomly when instantiating the Excel.Application object

I have a c# program that opens an excel worksheet, populates it with some data, and retrieves some information from the worksheet before closing the sheet. This happens several times inside of a loop. The program executes for some time completing the loop and then fails at random times during [...] read more

excel

interop

Exception "Creating an instance of the COM component with CLSID" when creating new object

I have C# project which i'm publishing using IIS. Tried to debug webPage and found that on code line var SilApi = new SilApi(); webPage got stuck and it's keep loading something. After 10-20 min, it's stop loading and error appears. > Creating an instance of the COM component with [...] read more

iis

clsid

Can't start VirtualBox manager. COM Object error

Our host is Windows Server 2008 r2. When a user RDP's into the server and starts an instance of VirtualBox, then another user RDP's in to a different user account and tries to start VirtualBox, it throws this error: > Failed to create the VirtualBox COM object. > Callee RC: [...] read more

virtualbox

virtualization

Error creating new outlook email from the server

I have a function that can create a new email in outlook and it works fine when running on my local machine. However, when deployed to the server i get the error shown below. This is what it looks like when I run the code on my local machine: Link. [...] read more

Octopus Deploy: The step failed: Activity Run Package on Master-Controller failed with error 'The remote script failed with exit code 255'

I'm using Octopus-Deploy and i'm getting an error when running the following powershell script on a tentacle: cd "C:\Repository\QA - Automation\UnitTestProject\bin\Debug" .\UnitTestProject.exe the error is: > Unhandled Exception: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: Retrieving > the COM class factory for component with CLSID > {00024500-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} failed due to the following error: > 80080005 Server [...] read more

automation

powershell-2.0

octopus-deploy

.Net web app fails generating Excel workbook once on server, works perfectly in local

I'm just generating an excel workbook with the basic Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel Here is the way the library is referenced in my project: > Copy Local: False > Embed Interop Types : True > Path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 14.0\Visual Studio Tools > for Office\PIA\Office14\Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.dll > Runtime version: V2.0.50727 > Version: [...] read more

.net

excel

c#-4.0

ms-office

Printing doc, docx, pdf, rtf and txt files from C# to network printer

I am required to print a file, of set formats (doc, docx, pdf, rtf and txt), to a software network printer, however I cannot find a way of printing these documents easily. I have already tried File.Copy(), but this fails - the printer wouldn't handle the job. I tried this [...] read more

printing

workbook.SaveAs(Filepath) Not working in Staging env

I'm trying to delete empty rows and columns from excel when reading that Excel sheet. In my local environment working fine.In staging environment not working workbook.SaveAs() functionality.I have placed some log's to read that log for trail and error method , After workbook.SaveAs() line the next log not reading.let me [...] read more

excel

office-interop

excel-interop

app center in uwp causes server execution failed 0x80080005

I am using AppCenter in my uwp application and to use it I have following code in my app.xaml.cs constructor, just after initializecomponent() Code ( where exception occurs ) AppCenter.Start("{appCenterSecret}", typeof(Analytics), typeof(Push), typeof(Crashes)); > Note that app was running fine for many days with this line of code before, > [...] read more

xaml

uwp

comexception

visual-studio-app-center

How to fix docker daemon that will not restart due to hns error

* Docker for Windows Server * Windows Server version 1709, with containers * Docker version 17.06.2-ee-6, build e75fdb8 * Swarm mode (worker node, part of swarm with ubuntu masters) After containers connected to an overlay network started intermittently losing their network adapters, I restarted the machine. Now daemon will not [...] read more

docker

docker-swarm

windows-server

docker-for-windows

CO_E_SERVER_EXEC_FAILURE when trying to open PPT-File on CLIENT

Please note that this is NOT about a server - component or ASP.NET. This happens on a Client-Application (WinForms) I try to open a PPT-File from within my application. The following code works fine on my machine: _ppApp = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint.Application(); _ppApp.DisplayAlerts = PpAlertLevel.ppAlertsNone; _ppApp.SlideShowEnd += PpApp_SlideShowEnd; But at least [...] read more

office-interop

use Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application on IIS

I have a problem shelter my WebSite application on IIS. I tried to generate excel file using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application, it work in debug but when i shelter my website on IIS, the generating file not work. I have a problem in the following instruction : Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application excelApp = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application(); And [...] read more

asp.net-mvc

iis

office-interop

Retrieving outlook in asp.net web api Fail

I need to use Outlook API in my asp.net web api project. When I publish the project to local IIS server, VS need to run as administrator, so I run vs2015 as administrator but problem occurs as below: Exception Details: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID [...] read more

outlook

asp.net-web-api2

Unable to execute dll remotely

I am quite new to C# application development. I have made a C# console application which I execute like this dotenet.exe <dll_name> This works fine when executed on the system. But I need to call this remotely. I am doing that through Powershell Invoke Command. But I am getting this [...] read more

.net

powershell

Unable to create an instance of CComPtr

I am trying to use a simple c++ out of process COM object, SimpleObject, with a console app I am writing using Visual Studio Community 2017 (15.3.5) and Windows 10, but I am unable to initialize my object. I am using an ATL project for SimpleObject with the simple object [...] read more

c++

visual-studio

com

visual-studio-2017

atl

Creating Excel file in Console Application

I have a C# console application and it is creating excel file and send mail to our customer. It's working in test server but its not working in production server and we get this following error ; Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID {00024500-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} failed due to [...] read more

console-application

excel-interop

Why my code is not run without run as administrator visual studio?

I'm executing code(create bitvise ssh server -user) normally(without run as administrator visual studio) then give error like Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID {730D6BA1-01B1-5074-7182-990EF773DB5F} failed due to the following error: 80080005 Server execution failed (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80080005 (CO_E_SERVER_EXEC_FAILURE)). while open application using run as administrator visual [...] read more

asp.net

visual-studio

server

NetOffice getting 80080005 Server execution failed

I'm trying to edit a Word document programmatically. However, when I debug and first try to create the Word.Application, I get > Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID > {000209FF-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} failed due to the following error: > 80080005 Server execution failed (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80080005 > (CO_E_SERVER_EXEC_FAILURE)). [...] read more

.net

com

office-interop

netoffice

Azure Application Insights Status Monitor error: 80080005 Server execution failed (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80080005)

I hope this question is not asked many times before. First I searched the contributions but did not find the answer. I have very first experiences with Application Insights Status Monitor. It works fine on a web server where AI Status Monitor is installed and connected to my Azure Subscription. [...] read more

azure

azure-application-insights

excel interop unable to start server exception after several calls

I have an asp.net MVC Webapplication who uses the excel interop to open a csv in an excel save the file as an xlsx and load the bytes from that file. These bytes are then passed as a download. So far everything works as expected. but after the 6 download [...] read more

asp.net

excel

Outlook VSTO add-in 80080005 exception while looking up tasks

I have a VSTO add-in, that looks up an Outlook task by an EntryID or a Subject, and does some operations on it. One of the users logged the following error message from it: > Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID > {0006F03A-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} failed due to the [...] read more

outlook

vsto

outlook-addin

office-addins

Unable to create outlook email draft using powershell on Outlook application

Hi have requirement to prepare outlook email draft and open it in Outlook. I have created php form to run supply variables to a powershell wich invokes outlook methods and create the email. When I execute the powershell as below C:\Windows\system32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe C:\wamp\www\bizops\prepare_email.ps1 >> C:\wamp\www\bizops\log.log It works perfectly. But when I [...] read more

php

powershell

outlook

Interop-Outlook error on Teamcity

I have several project which requires me to connect an email account and retrieve data from email arrives. When running locally on my PC, everything works fine. I have Teamcity (latest version) installed on a Windows 2008 server. This is my code where it seems it fails: public void DeleteAllEmails(string [...] read more

selenium

teamcity

office-interop

windows-server-2008-r2

new Outlook.Application() thorws error if Outlook app is running

Hi I am having similar issue CreateObject on Outlook.Application fails on Outlook 2010 when Outlook is running under a different account but want customized solution. I want to sent email with attachment for which my code works but if OutLook app is already opened as desktop app, then I am [...] read more

outlook

com

Accessing Outlook COM object results in Error 0x80080005 CO_E_SERVER_EXEC_FAILURE

A couple of my customers are getting this error when my product attempts to access Outlook via out-of-process Outlook COM objects and Redemption COM objects. I've read that this error can occur if my product and Outlook are running at different privilege levels (e.g., Outlook as Administration, my product as [...] read more

outlook

com

outlook-redemption

Interop.Word Class Execution Failure

I'm trying to debug a problem in a REST API I've built in .Net MVC. In it, I'm trying to use the Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word library to do document manipulation. My application works just fine on my local development box. But, when I run it on the server (after a publish), it [...] read more

asp.net-mvc

office-interop

Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel._Workbook.SaveAs() Exception: 0x800A03EC

I'm having issues with saving an excel spreadsheet when running on the server, when running locally, it works beautifully! Has anyone ever come across this before or can point me in the right direction? The app pool is running under the 'LocalSystem' identity. Thanks! I keep getting the following error/ [...] read more

asp.net

export-to-excel

Invoke-Command create new object

I've got a problem to create new object with Invoke-Command: $a = 'TEST' Invoke-Command -ComputerName $computer -Credential $cred -ScriptBlock { param($a, $b, $c) $o = New-Object -ComObject Outlook.Application echo $a } -ArgumentList ($a, $b, $c) I'm getting the following error: La récupération de la fabrique de classes COM pour le [...] read more

powershell

invoke-command

Automate Internet Explorer on Azure

I'm trying to automate Internet Explorer using WatiN library in a Web App hosted on azure. I'm getting the following exception when trying to create an instance of IE : > System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80080005): Retrieving the COM > class factory for component with CLSID {0002DF01-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} > failed due to the following [...] read more

azure

internet-explorer

automation

Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel Error with Windows Service

I'm creating a windows service that will create excel sheets, I've used Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel but got this Exception Exception from HRESULT: 0x80080005 (CO_E_SERVER_EXEC_FAILURE I've attached a photo here Exception photo attached public void insertIntoSheet(string Name, DataTable dt) { Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application xlApp = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Excel.Application(); if (xlApp == null) { //MessageBox.Show("Excel is not [...] read more

windows-services

interop

excel-interop

ASP.NET - Excel InterOP Error - System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80080005)

In my ASP.Net web application project, I've to fill up an existing Excel 2003 spreadsheet (.xls) with some data from database and send it to the user/ client. I'm using Excel Interop for this. So far, I've been able to fill up the spreadsheet and open it while running it [...] read more

asp.net

asp.net-mvc

interop

excel-interop

IIS ap.net COM error iTunes

I'm trying to write an app based on my iTunes Library. I don't have any problem in dev environnement (iis or dev srver). But in prod i've got this error > Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID > {DC0C2640-1415-4644-875C-6F4D769839BA} failed due to the following error: > 80080005 [...] read more

asp.net

iis

com

itunes

Visual Studio emulator failed to Start due to Server execution failure

I have tried the following for the past four days 1. Repaired Microsoft Visual Studio Emulator for Android 2. Repaired Windows Phone 8.1 Emulators 3. Removed of all existing virtual Switches 4. Ran XdeClenup.exe 5. Disabled Network Sharing on Ethernet No luck yet. i still get error that; The emulator [...] read more

android

visual-studio

xamarin

android-emulator

Outlook Interop fails after upgrade to Windows 10

I have a .net client program which sends emails using Interop for Outlook. This works fine on thousands of PCs on all versions of Windows. But following upgrades to Windows 10 a very small number of clients fail on sending an email with the message 'sendSystem.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80080005). Retrieving the COM [...] read more

.net

outlook

interop

Sometimes System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80080005)

I am calling a Function of a Service from a homepage. The strange thing is, this works for hours, then I do not change anything and suddenly I get the following exception: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80080005): Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID {00020906-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} failed due to the following error: [...] read more

windows

dcom

Retrieving the COM Class factory in IIS 7

I have an 32-bit COM+ Application. One instance taking about 200MB~ in memory. I'm using this COM-object in my ASP.NET MVC 4 Web-Application. Web-Application is 32-bit too. It's works good enough at Debugging and at IIS 7. Problems starts when I need to create 5 and more COM instances simultaneously: [...] read more

asp.net-mvc-4

com

iis-7

64 bit COM server not instantiated from 32 bit COM server when boost/python.hpp included

I have two COM servers (exe): a 64 bit one and a 32 bit one. The 32 bit COM server instantiates (CoCreateInstance) the 64 bit COM server. This succeeds as long as the 64 bit COM server does not include boost/python.hpp. However, once I include boost/python.hpp in the 64 bit [...] read more

python

c++

boost

com

Issues while creating a VSTO Word Application

creating a new VSTO Word Application in almost all cases works. I use this line to create a new instance: var wordApplication = new Application {Visible = false} (Application is "Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.Application") We do this a lot in unit tests and in some automations. But once or twice in around 1000 [...] read more

ms-word

vsto

ms-office

office-interop

Error exporting datatable to excel C#

I'm currently having as issue exporting my DataTable to Excel using Microsoft.Office.Interlope. > The error that comes up is "winform Additional information: Retrieving the COM > class factory for component with CLSID {00024500-0000-0000-C000-000000000046} > failed due to the following error: 80080005 Server execution failed (Exception > from HRESULT: 0x80080005 (CO_E_SERVER_EXEC_FAILURE))." [...] read more

excel

winforms

com

office-interop

Console app that interacts with Illustrator fails

I have created a C#, .Net 4.5 console application that, during its runtime, interacts with Adobe Illustrator. * Specifically, it gets/or loads an instance of Illustrator * Opens documents * Performs some actions * Saves and closes the document. This is all done using Interop.Illustrator * Everything works fine when [...] read more

com

interop

adobe-illustrator

how to resolve dotNet framework 3.5 installation error 0x80080005?

.Net framework installation error I get following error when I try to install .Net framework 3.5. Server Execution Failed Error Code: 0x80080005enter image description here Could someone plese help me on this error ? read more

.net-framework-version

Outlook Exception code : 0xc0000005 Visual studio C#

I developed an application that allows you to recover files from emails from an Outlook mailbox. To help me in this task, I use the Interop.Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook library. We are using this executable on a Windows 2012 R2 server. When I run it manually it works perfectly. However when I create [...] read more

outlook

Run a COM based c# console application from Windows Service (c#)

I have a problem with running a c# console application from windows service application by c# code. I use windows service as a background worker that runs a task (Quartz library) every time interval. Here a code of job that runs other c# console app ps = new ProcessStartInfo(batchRunnerPath); ps.UseShellExecute [...] read more

windows

service

com

Accessing MS-Word object model via asp.net throw error: 80080005 Server execution failed(Exception from HRESULT: 0x80080005(CO_E_SERVER_EXEC_FAILURE))

i have developed a website that allows users convert existing word file to PDF and download it, included references to Office.interop.word, and the site works fine on my development machine. When I uploaded it to my production server the functions not working in the server, In the server also installed [...] read more

What would cause Outlook automation to suddenly fail, and how to get it back up?

I've got an app that generates email and pops up an OUtlook dialog, showing the user what is about to be sent. It has been working fine but, with no code changes, is now nonfunctional. The exception generated is: Exception message: Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID [...] read more

outlook

office-interop

mscorlib

comclass

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Windows error 0x80080005, -2146959355

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CO_E_SERVER_EXEC_FAILURE[1]

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