DCOM table

[SkiRat]

When EA is installed on Windows 7 the installer doesn’t create a table entry in the DCOM table (EA.App).

Is this a bug? If so is there a patch?

jeff

[mrf]

It is likely the application was not installed with administrator rights (eg right-click | Run as Administrator) Try the following:

1. Open up a command prompt (as administrator)
2. Navigate to the directory containing EA.exe
3. Run EA.exe /register

That should perform the same steps that the installer takes to register EA with COM

[SkiRat]

This did not work

[Van Lepthien]

I can confirm that running EA.exe /register on Windows 7 does not result in an EA.APP entry in the DCOM table (per dcomcnfg.exe).

EA 8.0 build 859

[fwoolz]

I can also confirm this - Neither EA.App nor its class id appears in the DCOM table as displayed by dcomcnfg.exe. EA.App, however, a registered COM class (CLSID = {3A9E4F92-8D27-495B-8B22-1D702B3F0C83} ).

[Van Lepthien]

This is another Windows 7 problem.

For a work-around, see http://blogs.msdn.com/maartenb/archive/2010/01/15/my-com-server-is-gone-from-component-services-dcomcnfg.aspx

[mrf]

Hi Van,

Thanks for the link, I'll forward it on to the support guys for future reference!