FIX: An Error Occurs While Registering the File Expsrv.dll

• Microsoft Visual Basic Professional and Enterprise Editions for Windows, version 6.0

SYMPTOMS

A Visual Basic project using the Data control or otherwise has a Reference to the Microsoft DAO Object Library, is compiled into an executable file. The Package and Deployment Wizard is used to create a deployment package. When this package is run on another computer, the following error message appears:

An error occurred while registering the file expsrv.dll.

CAUSE

Your setup package contains Expsrv.dll version 6.0.0.8268 or earlier.

The setup package is attempting to register Expsrv.dll. Version 6.0.0.8268 is not a self-registering file. However, it includes the resource tag OLESelfRegister, which indicates that it is a self-registering file.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article.

This bug was corrected in Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3.

The file Expsrv.dll version 6.0.0.8269 shipped in Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3 fixes this bug. Install this service pack and create a new deployment package.

For more information about Visual Studio service packs, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q194022 INFO: Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs, What, Where, Why

Q194295 HOWTO: Tell That Visual Studio 6.0 Service Packs Are Installed

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Start a new Visual Basic Standard EXE project. Form1 is created by default.



2. Add a data control to Form1.



3. Save and compile the project.



4. Use the Package and Deployment Wizard to create a deployment package.



5. Run the deployment package on another system. The error message appears when the deployment package attempts to register the file Expsrv.dll.

REFERENCES

For related information on this problem, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q196057 PRB: The Jet VBA File VBAJet32.dll Failed to Initialize

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbwizard kbDeployment kbVBp kbVBp600bug kbGrpVB kbVS600sp3fix kbDSupport
Version : WINDOWS:6.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug