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Why might I receive a "com.jacob.ComFailexception: Can"t get object clsid from progid" error when I try to connect to Microsoft Visual SourceSafe?

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Why might I receive a "com.jacob.ComFailexception: Can"t get object clsid from progid" error when I try to connect to Microsoft Visual SourceSafe?

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QUESTION
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Why might I receive a "com.jacob.ComFailexception: Can"t get object clsid from progid" error when I try to connect to Microsoft Visual SourceSafe?

ANSWER
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If the following error occurs while attempting to browse to a selected project path;


You will have to ensure that SourceSafe clients are installed on all front-end, application, and execution servers.
This will solve the issue.

Old KB# 24685
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