Error: Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID {0C1FBCA5-3961-11D3-BD75-00E0290E1347} failed due to the following error: 80040154.

Running a VB.NET program that was created on a 32-bit platform in a 64-bit environment produces the following error when retrieving the COM class factory.

Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID {0C1FBCA5-3961-11D3-BD75-00E0290E1347} failed due to the following error: 80040154

or

Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID {45FA9A20-CF06-11D5-909C-00C04F597E91} failed due to the following error: 80040154 Class not registered (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80040154 (REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG))

This usually happens when attempting to run code compiled with a Target Platform setting of "Any CPU" in a 64-bit environment. Re-compiling using the "x86" setting should resolve your issue. Since the Blackbaud assemblies are 32-bit, it will always need to be compiled in the “x86” as the “Any” would cause compatibility errors in a 64-bit environment. If this does not seem to be the cause of the issue please consider the following. This error is essentially reported by the application (app) when it cannot find a class. It may simply mean that the requested DLL(s) are not present on the machine. For instance, you can get this if you try to run an API .NET app on a machine that does not have the Blackbaud client installed.

Article Number: 49505

Products:

Admissions_Office
Registrar_s_Office
VBA_API_EE
VBA_API_FE
VBA_API_RE
VBA_API_SB

First, ensure that the Blackbaud application client is installed on the same machine. If it's already installed and the steps below do not apply, then uninstall and re-install the client application.

The program must be modified to run in a 64-bit environment. Open the solution file in MS Visual Studio (steps may differ depending on the VS version installed) and complete the following steps:

Go to the Project menu and select [Project_Name], Properties
In the Build tab, change the Target Platform from Any CPU to x86
Recompile the customization

NOTE: For Raiser's Edge, this issue is resolved in 7.96, patch 13, planned for release in September - October 2018.

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