You receive an "ActiveX Component Can't Create Object" error message when you open switchboard (304173)

Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

This article applies only to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb).

For a Microsoft Access 2000 version of this article, see 296204.

SYMPTOMS

When you use the Switchboard Manager to try to create a new Switchboard or when you open an existing Switchboard in a Microsoft Access database, you receive the following error message:

Run-time error '429':
ActiveX component can't create object.

CAUSE

This behavior occurs if the installed version of Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) is not compatible with the current installation of Access.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, you must reinstall MDAC. To do so, use either of the following methods:

Download the latest version of MDAC from the following Microsoft Web site:http://www.microsoft.com/data

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Download Microsoft Component Checker, and then troubleshoot your current configuration by removing and then reinstalling your current version of MDAC. You can download the MDAC Component Checker from the following Microsoft Web site:http://www.microsoft.com/data/download.htm#CCinfo

MORE INFORMATION

For additional information about MDAC installations, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

307255 INFO: Component Checker: Diagnose Problems and Reconfigure MDAC Installations

244499 How To Install MDAC Components on Windows 2000 Platform