CreateObject("Outlook.Application") - Error 429 ActiveX Component Can't Create Object

[Jacob Roman]

I'm trying to learn how to program with Outlook Express 6 using Visual Basic 5. The problem is with having these couple lines of code:

Option Explicit

Dim Outlook As Object

Sub Main()

Set Outlook = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")

End Sub

I get a Runtime Error 429: ActiveX Component Can't Create Object. Of course obviously my Outlook Express works fine. I've done some heavy duty research on how to solve this problem looking literally everywhere on the internet. Registering the MSIMN.EXE using DOS was one of the solutions. It didn't work. The registry looks like it might be the solution. Over in this key path (HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0006F03A-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}) where Outlook Express is supposed to be located, I noticed it was empty! It is supposed to have InprocHandler32, InprocServer32, LocalServer32, ProgID, Typelib, and VersionIndependentProgID. Both ProgID and VersionIndependentProgID are supposed to have "Outlook.Application" as a string value (REG_SZ) which is required for scripting when you want ActiveX components to create the object for you. I can try typing the values by hand which probably won't work but is there anything else I can use to automatically fill these registry values in without screwing up Outlook Express 6? Possibly a program that registers it and fills in the registry keys for me?

Also, if you don't have the exact solution, I would at least like to know what value you have under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0006F03A-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}\InprocServer32 since the other computer in my house (which isn't mine) has a value of some dll from McAfee, and McAfee is what I don't have.