The NetPlacesWizardDoModal() Function Does Not Work If the Calling Thread Has Already Initialized the COM Library (297967)

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1

This article was previously published under Q297967

SYMPTOMS

The WNetConnectionDialog function may not open a browsing dialog box for connecting to network resources.

CAUSE

The NetPlacesWizardDoModal function initializes COM. OleInit does not succeed if COM is already initialized for a different thread model. Instead of ignoring this condition, the function stops the operation.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

260910 How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack

The English version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:

   Date         Time   Version        Size     File name
   --------------------------------------------------------
   11-Jun-2001  15:22  5.0.2195.3718  173,840  Netplwiz.dll

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 3.

MORE INFORMATION

The WNetConnectionDialog function does not open a browsing dialog box for connecting to network resources after a call to the CoInitializeEx function with the COINIT_MULTITHREADED option. The function does not work as intended.

For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

249149 Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes

Modification Type:	Minor	Last Reviewed:	9/26/2005
Keywords:	kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbbug kbDirServices kbfix kbWin2000PreSP3Fix kbWin2000sp3fix KB297967