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FIX: ATL Object Wizard Dialog Box Comes Up Empty

Article ID: 166720

Article Last Modified on 10/17/2003

Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Professional Edition

This article was previously published under Q166720

SYMPTOMS

When you access the Active Template Library (ATL) Object Wizard dialog box from the menu option Insert/New ATL Object, the dialog box comes up empty with no wizards available.

CAUSE

When Visual C++ is installed, all ATL Object Wizards are registered in the registry under "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\ATLWizard." Settings under HKEY_CURRENT_USER are not visible if you login under a different user. If you install Visual C++ under one user and login as another, you will not see any available Wizards in the ATL Object Wizard dialog box.

RESOLUTION

Other user logins that need to use Visual C++ on the same computer need to have the same registry settings under "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\ATLWizard". Here are the steps to do this:

Login under the account that installed Visual C++.
Run REGEDIT.
Select "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\ATLWizard."
Export this entry to a file by picking Registry/Export Registry File from the menu.
Login as the other user who will use Visual C++.
Double-click the .REG file to merge it with the registry.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a bug in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. This problem was corrected in Visual C++ version 6.0 for Windows.

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