http://aspadvice.com/blogs/robertb/archive/tags/Visual+Studio+2008/default.aspxTags: Visual Studio 2008enCommunityServer 2.1 (Build: 60809.935)http://aspadvice.com/blogs/robertb/archive/2008/05/07/System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException-in-WAP-VS-2008-Project.aspxWed, 07 May 2008 00:37:00 GMTe709ad4c-0c15-48eb-915e-c462c6e85445:41970robertb4http://aspadvice.com/blogs/robertb/comments/41970.aspxhttp://aspadvice.com/blogs/robertb/commentrss.aspx?PostID=41970<p>I had a Visual Studio 2008 Web Application Project working on one my machines, and when I tried to open it on another Vista machine I got a dialog with simply &quot;System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException&quot; and the project would not load.&nbsp; </p><p>&nbsp;I found the following known bug already posted about it (<a href="http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=317124">http://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?FeedbackID=317124</a>), but I checked and the URL used for the project to open in IIS was correct.&nbsp; While reading I noticed it also talked about the metabase.&nbsp; I went and installed the metabase compatibility, and it solved my problem:</p><p><img width="398" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3214/2471805383_b99e902e53_o.png" height="220" style="width:398px;height:220px;" /></p> <div class = "shareblock"><strong>Share this post:</strong> <a href = "mailto:?body=Thought you might like this: http://aspadvice.com/blogs/robertb/archive/2008/05/07/System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException-in-WAP-VS-2008-Project.aspx&amp;;subject=System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException+in+WAP+VS+2008+Project" target="_blank" title = "Post http://aspadvice.com/blogs/robertb/archive/2008/05/07/System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException-in-WAP-VS-2008-Project.aspx">email it!</a> | <a href = "http://del.icio.us/post?url=http://aspadvice.com/blogs/robertb/archive/2008/05/07/System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException-in-WAP-VS-2008-Project.aspx&amp;;title=System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException+in+WAP+VS+2008+Project" target="_blank" title = "Post http://aspadvice.com/blogs/robertb/archive/2008/05/07/System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException-in-WAP-VS-2008-Project.aspx">bookmark it!</a> | <a href = "http://www.digg.com/submit?url=http://aspadvice.com/blogs/robertb/archive/2008/05/07/System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException-in-WAP-VS-2008-Project.aspx&amp;;phase=2" target="_blank" title = "Post http://aspadvice.com/blogs/robertb/archive/2008/05/07/System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException-in-WAP-VS-2008-Project.aspx">digg it!</a> | <a href = "http://reddit.com/submit?url=http://aspadvice.com/blogs/robertb/archive/2008/05/07/System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException-in-WAP-VS-2008-Project.aspx&amp;title=System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException+in+WAP+VS+2008+Project" target="_blank" title = "Post http://aspadvice.com/blogs/robertb/archive/2008/05/07/System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException-in-WAP-VS-2008-Project.aspx">reddit!</a> | <a href = "http://www.dotnetkicks.com/submit/?url=http://aspadvice.com/blogs/robertb/archive/2008/05/07/System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException-in-WAP-VS-2008-Project.aspx&amp;;title=System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException+in+WAP+VS+2008+Project" target="_blank" title = "Post http://aspadvice.com/blogs/robertb/archive/2008/05/07/System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException-in-WAP-VS-2008-Project.aspx">kick it!</a> | <a href = "https://favorites.live.com/quickadd.aspx?marklet=1&amp;;mkt=en-us&amp;;url=http://aspadvice.com/blogs/robertb/archive/2008/05/07/System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException-in-WAP-VS-2008-Project.aspx&amp;;title=System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException+in+WAP+VS+2008+Project&amp;;top=1" target="_blank" title = "Post http://aspadvice.com/blogs/robertb/archive/2008/05/07/System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException-in-WAP-VS-2008-Project.aspx">live it!</a></div><img src="http://aspadvice.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=41970" width="1" height="1">Visual Studio 2008