BUG: OLE/COM Object Viewer GPFs When Opening Items (198999)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Platform Software Development Kit (SDK) 1.0

This article was previously published under Q198999

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/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=5233b70d-d9b2-4cb5-aeb6-45664be858b6&displaylang=en.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Using RegEdit.exe, export the key at HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface.
If the file size is less than 1,458,399 bytes, add keys until the exported size exceeds this threshold.
Start the OLE/COM Object Viewer.
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.

Modification Type:	Major	Last Reviewed:	7/19/2006
Keywords:	kbbug kbfix kbMiscTools KB198999