Article ID: 231655
Article Last Modified on 8/7/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Professional Edition
- Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q231655
SYMPTOMS
Starting the Open file dialog box in Visual C++ through the keyboard shortcut key or from the File menu will result in the following error:
The same error occurs when you select Add to Project from the Files submenu from the Project menu.
CAUSE
This problem occurs when there are too many ActiveX document servers registered on the computer.
RESOLUTION
Unregister any known ActiveX document servers that are not needed on the system. In most cases, running the server executable with a /UNREGISTER switch will unregister the server.
Another solution is to use a Developer Studio Add-in to place the open and add-to-project features in Visual C++.
For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
241396 FileTool.exe replaces the open and add-to-project features in Visual C++
STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section. This bug was corrected in Visual C++ 6.0 Service Pack 4 .
For more information about Visual Studio service packs, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service packs, What, Where, Why
194295 HOWTO: Tell That a Visual Studio service Pack Is Installed
To download the latest Visual Studio service pack, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
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