Microsoft KB Archive/166720

= FIX: ATL Object Wizard Dialog Box Comes Up Empty =

Article ID: 166720

Article Last Modified on 10/17/2003

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Enterprise Edition
 * Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q166720



SYMPTOMS
When you access the Active Template Library (ATL) Object Wizard dialog box from the menu option Insert/New ATL Object, the dialog box comes up empty with no wizards available.



CAUSE
When Visual C++ is installed, all ATL Object Wizards are registered in the registry under "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\ATLWizard." Settings under HKEY_CURRENT_USER are not visible if you login under a different user. If you install Visual C++ under one user and login as another, you will not see any available Wizards in the ATL Object Wizard dialog box.



RESOLUTION
Other user logins that need to use Visual C++ on the same computer need to have the same registry settings under "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\ATLWizard". Here are the steps to do this:
 * 1) Login under the account that installed Visual C++.
 * 2) Run REGEDIT.
 * 3) Select "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\ATLWizard."
 * 4) Export this entry to a file by picking Registry/Export Registry File from the menu.
 * 5) Login as the other user who will use Visual C++.
 * 6) Double-click the .REG file to merge it with the registry.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Visual C++ version 6.0 for Windows.

Additional query words: kbatl210bug kbvc500bug kbatl300fix kbvc600fix

Keywords: kbbug kbfix kbvc600fix kbsetup kbwizard KB166720

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