Error 80040154 (Class not registered exception) when initializing VCProjectEngineObject (Microsoft.VisualStudio.VCProjectEngine.dll)

There are not many good reasons this would fail, especially the regsvr32 step. Run dumpbin /exports on that dll. If you don’t see DllRegisterServer then you’ve got a corrupt install. It should have more side-effects, you wouldn’t be able to build C/C++ projects anymore. One standard failure mode is running this on a 64-bit operating … Read more

How to repair COMException error 80040154?

To find the DLL, go to your 64-bit machine and open the registry. Find the key called HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{681EF637-F129-4AE9-94BB-618937E3F6B6}\InprocServer32. This key will have the filename of the DLL as its default value. If you solved the problem on your 64-bit machine by recompiling your project for x86, then you’ll need to look in the 32-bit portion … Read more

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