ActiveX component can't create object (Microsoft Access)

ActiveX component can't create object
message from =?Utf-8?B?RmFkaSBIYWRkYWQ=?= on 24 May 2004
Hi I have newly installed MS office 2003 and used Access to create a new database useing a Template on my computer installed when I setup office. When I try to open the new DB, I get "ActiveX component can't create object". Why? What can I do about solveing this?

Tony Toews replied to =?Utf-8?B?RmFkaSBIYWRkYWQ=?= on 24 May 2004

You probably need to register the DAO dll using regsvr32. For example
regsvr32 "C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft
Shared\DAO\DAO350.DLL" or DAO360.DLL

ACC: Error Message: ActiveX Component Can't Create Object [Q296205]
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q296205

ACC2000: Error Message: ActiveX Component Can't Create Object
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q296/2/04.asp

ACC2002: Err Msg: "ActiveX Component Can't Create Object"
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q304/1/73.asp

Tony

=?Utf-8?B?RmFkaSBIYWRkYWQ=?= replied to Tony Toews on 24 May 2004

Thank you

You were right about registering the DAO dll using regsvr32.

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