HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component

Asked By Arthurr J Naquin 20 points N/A Posted on - 08/14/2012

Hi there,

I have a Windows XP 32-bit operating system and I have installed Microsoft Visual Studio 2008 and Silverlight compatible with

Visual Studio 2008 Professional.

 

In an attempt to create a new Project, I start MS Visual Studio.

 

However I receive the error

 

Error HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component.

 

I am really bereft of a clue as to how to tackle this issue.

 

Please help!

 

Thanks

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Answered By Carl Jack 10 points N/A #134527

HRESULT E_FAIL has been returned from a call to a COM component

Hello Arthur,

The issue that you are getting appears to be as a result of some temp files as well as caching on your computer.

If you are using windows 7, the following steps may be of great help to you:

• You will need to clean the solution in the  Expression Blend.
• After that you will have to get rid of the bin as well as Obj folders throughout solution projects.
• Next you will remove all References for each Solution Project.
• And then you will clean up windows:for Windows Explorer you will need to right click the drive, and then click on Properties, and then click Disk Cleanup Button
• You will need to expose hidden as well as protected system files.
• Next you will need to delete C:Users<username>AppDataLocalMicrosoftExpression
• And then open Solution, and after that add references back
• Lastly you will Build

Regards,

Carl

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