find what Server.CreateObject is trying to make

Question

I am porting a windows 2003 app to windows 2008r2. It is a classic ASP app. On line 32 of awebpage.asp the following code is used:

Server.CreateObject("some.custom.name.here")

When running the page in a browser I get the following error

Server object error 'ASP 0177 : 800401f3'

Server.CreateObject Failed

/awebpage.asp, line 32

800401f3

Anyone know how I should go about finding where this "some.custom.name.here" object is on the old server so I can move it over?

Ofer Zelig · Accepted Answer · 2012-05-24T08:49:01.580

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Look for this object name in RegEdit, under HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT.

Once you find it you get its ProgID / CLSID (a long GUID number), find that long number in RegEdit and you'll get to a key with this number. Under that key there will be another key (probably InprocServer32) which contains the requested .dll / .exe.

edited May 24 '12 at 08:49

answered May 24 '12 at 05:39

Ofer Zelig

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Thanks for the reply. I found the object, but it does not tell me where it is located on the drive. Any idea how I get that info? – zortacon May 24 '12 at 06:06
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It should. One of the child keys/values should show the full file path of the DLL. – Ofer Zelig May 24 '12 at 07:30
There is a CLSID field on the one child value. It has a big number. – zortacon May 24 '12 at 07:38
but I was able to search for that number and found the source code. Thanks. – zortacon May 24 '12 at 07:41
@Ofer: Please edit this answer to include a more detailed description of how to go from the ProgID entry in HKEY_CLASS_ROOT to the InProc server entry for the CLSID. – AnthonyWJones May 24 '12 at 08:08

find what Server.CreateObject is trying to make

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