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Hi!
I am creating a basic desktop application in order to refresh external data connections and pivot tables within Excel. I am using the interop library. I am getting the following error:
Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID {ID} failed due to the following error:
80080005 Server execution failed (0x80080005 (CO_E_SERVER_EXEC_FAILURE)).
(I can include the ID if that is necessary)
I have looked online for this error and understand its an issue with opening the excel workbook? I have tried multiple solutions including opening dcomcnfig to make sure the current logged in user is what is opening it. Is there possibly a compatibility issue? I'm on windows 11. Thanks so much!
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Please provide us the code you're using and information about your application. For example is it x86 or x64? Do you have the corresponding x86/x64 version of Office installed?
Does it work if you create a new Excel file using the API?
Please show us the exact line that is failing along with the callstack.