Microsoft KB Archive/198999

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BUG: OLE/COM Object Viewer GPFs When Opening Items

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Q198999

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Win32 Software Development Kit (SDK)

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SYMPTOMS
When trying to open items in the OLE/COM Object Viewer, the following error occurs :

The exception unknown software exception (0xc00000fd) occurred in the application at location 0x77de1f32

NOTE: The addresses above may be different depending on the steps taken to get the error.

CAUSE
The Registry Key (HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\) has become too large for OLE/COM Object Viewer to parse, resulting in a stack overflow in Olview.exe. This happens when the size of the exported Reg Key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\ is greater than or equal to 1,458,399 bytes.

RESOLUTION
Download Build 2.10.057 of OLEVIEW from http://www.microsoft.com/com/resources/oleview.asp.

STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

 * 1) Using RegEdit.exe, export the key at HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface.
 * 2) If the file size is less than 1,458,399 bytes, add keys until the exported size exceeds this threshold.
 * 3) Start the OLE/COM Object Viewer.
 * 4) Open Active Script Viewer and then Jscript Language.

The error described above appears.

NOTE: The Active Script Viewer is not the only item that cause this error to occur.

Additional query words: kbDSupport

Keywords : kbSDKPlatform kbMiscTools kbDSupport kbGrpDSTools

Issue type : kbbug

Technology : kbWin32SDKSearch kbAudDeveloper kbSDKSearch kbWin32sSearch