BUG: OLE/COM Object Viewer GPFs When Opening Items

ID: Q198999

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When trying to open items in the OLE/COM Object Viewer, the following error occurs :

The exception unknown software exception (0xc00000fd) occurred in the application at location 0x77de1f32

NOTE: The addresses above may be different depending on the steps taken to get the error.


CAUSE

The Registry Key (HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\) has become too large for OLE/COM Object Viewer to parse, resulting in a stack overflow in Olview.exe. This happens when the size of the exported Reg Key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface\ is greater than or equal to 1,458,399 bytes.


RESOLUTION

Download Build 2.10.057 of OLEVIEW from http://www.microsoft.com/com/resources/oleview.asp.


STATUS

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


MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Using RegEdit.exe, export the key at HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface.


  2. If the file size is less than 1,458,399 bytes, add keys until the exported size exceeds this threshold.


  3. Start the OLE/COM Object Viewer.


  4. Open Active Script Viewer and then Jscript Language.


The error described above appears.

NOTE: The Active Script Viewer is not the only item that cause this error to occur.

Additional query words: kbDSupport 


Keywords          : kbSDKPlatform kbMiscTools kbDSupport kbGrpDSTools 
Version           : WINDOWS:
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: July 15, 1999