VB6 on Windows XP Professional

[Jeff]

When attempting to select:

Project;
References;

from within a VB project I get the message;

"Error accessing the system registry"

Anybody have any ideas on how to resolve this?

[Mark_Pryor]

Hi,
Jeff <jeffm@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:3d6fe10c$1@10.1.10.29...
>
> When attempting to select:
>
> Project;
> References;
>
> from within a VB project I get the message;
>
> "Error accessing the system registry"
>
> Anybody have any ideas on how to resolve this?
>

There is a problem key in the hive
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib

If are adventurous, you can run RegMon from www.sysinternals.com
in the background while opening the Project\References Applet.
The last key encountered before the error message is your clue to
where the trouble is.

You will need to edit the registry to fix the
problem. You can look at the neighboring keys to get an idea of
what each typelib subkey collection SHOULD look like. More than
likely you will see a problem within seconds or a couple of minutes.

Barring the above, check the google archive and/OR the MS Knowledge
Base. This is not serious trouble for your system as a whole, but only a
VB annoyance.

hth,
Mark Pryor

[Jeff]

Just wanted to say thanks to Mark for his help. You were right on target,
all is well now.

Thanks again,

Jeff


"Mark_Pryor" <erlangen72@hotmail.com> wrote:
>Hi,
>Jeff <jeffm@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:3d6fe10c$1@10.1.10.29...
>>
>> When attempting to select:
>>
>> Project;
>> References;
>>
>> from within a VB project I get the message;
>>
>> "Error accessing the system registry"
>>
>> Anybody have any ideas on how to resolve this?
>>
>
>There is a problem key in the hive
> HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\TypeLib
>
>If are adventurous, you can run RegMon from www.sysinternals.com
>in the background while opening the Project\References Applet.
>The last key encountered before the error message is your clue to
>where the trouble is.
>
>You will need to edit the registry to fix the
>problem. You can look at the neighboring keys to get an idea of
>what each typelib subkey collection SHOULD look like. More than
>likely you will see a problem within seconds or a couple of minutes.
>
>Barring the above, check the google archive and/OR the MS Knowledge
>Base. This is not serious trouble for your system as a whole, but only a

>VB annoyance.
>
>hth,
>Mark Pryor
>
>
>