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Troubleshooting
Problem
When compiling or running IBM FileNet Capture Toolkit sample applications (i.e. Browse), a COMException is encountered. This occurs with Microsoft Visual Basic .Net 2008.
Symptom
Attempting launch the Browse sample application, through VB.NET 2008, the following error appears:
COM Exception was unhandled
Class not registered (Exception from HRESULT:0x80040154 (REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG))
A first chance exception of type 'System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException' occurred in System.Windows.Forms.dll

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Document Information
More support for:
FileNet Capture
Software version:
5.2.1
Operating system(s):
Windows
Document number:
255005
Modified date:
28 April 2025
UID
swg21688214