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Asked: 2026-05-18T21:10:23+00:00

I need your advice for the following C# code: EgarDDSEnt.IIVDDSEnt dds = null; //

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I need your advice for the following C# code:

EgarDDSEnt.IIVDDSEnt dds = null; // This line executes fine.
dds = new IVDDSEnt();  // This line fails with an exception ...
dds.Connect("username", "password"); // ... which makes this line fail too.

Here are the symptoms:

Windows Server 2008 R1:

  • Code fails when executed from a Windows service app.
  • Code works 100% when executed from a console app.

Windows 7:

  • Code works 100% when executed from a Windows service app.
  • Code works 100% when executed from a console app.

The class IVDDSEnt() is a COM object that is installed you install the “ivolatility SDK”.

Update:

  • When I execute “System.IO.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory()” from the console application, it returns “D:\MyDevDirectory\”
  • When I execute “System.IO.Directory.GetCurrentDirectory()” from the service application, it returns “C:\windows\system32\”.
  • The application is actually the same binary for both service and console (its a hybrid app that can run in console mode, or install itself as a service if you pass “-service” to it on the command line).

Update:

Added try/catch, and “e.GetBaseException” (defined as “Returns the exception which is the root cause of one or more subsequent exceptions”):

System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80080005): Retrieving
the COM class factory for component with CLSID
{FA944FE7-AEB8-4B5B-8315-11D19B1F6264} failed due to the following error:
80080005 Server execution failed (Exception from HRESULT:
0x80080005 (CO_E_SERVER_EXEC_FAILURE)).
at PhiDataOnSchedule.ConsoleApplication.MyMain(Boolean dummyRun)

Update:

Still can’t fix the problem – the easiest way might be to just upgrade from Windows Server 2008 R1 to Windows Server 2008 R2 (if it works on Win7, and Windows Server 2008 R2 has a Win7 core, perhaps it’ll work around the underlying issue somehow?).

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  1. Editorial Team

    Perhaps I have to specify an account to run the service under?

    For a complete example of how to code this up, see:

    http://www.codeproject.com/KB/WPF/LtoE.aspx?artkw=LINQ%20to%20WCF#ShowIt

    Search for the text: “When the installer is run, it will allow you to enter the service login credentials to run under, using the following dialog box”:

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