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Question

I have a vb.net video application that I've deployed to a windows 7 machine using click once. It is crashing on startup with an unhandled exception and I can't figure out what its trying to do. It does work on other deployed computers.
Following is the trace and I'm hoping someone can help me determine what to look for. All I can see is there a class not registered exception in InteropServices (Interop.MSCommLib.DLL) but not sure what to do to fix it.
See the end of this message for details on invoking just-in-time
(JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.
************** Exception Text ************** System.InvalidOperationException: An error occurred creating the
form. See Exception.InnerException for details. The error is:
Class not registered (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80040154
(REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG))
---> System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: Class not registered (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80040154
(REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG)) at
System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.CoCreateInstance(Guid&
clsid, Object punkOuter, Int32 context, Guid& iid) at
System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.CreateWithLicense(String license, Guid
clsid) at System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.CreateInstanceCore(Guid
clsid) at System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.CreateInstance() at
System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.GetOcxCreate() at
System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.TransitionUpTo(Int32 state) at
System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.CreateHandle() at
System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean fIgnoreVisible)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean
fIgnoreVisible) at System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.EndInit() at
Player.Apex232.InitializeComponent() at Player.Apex232..ctor()
--- End of inner exception stack trace --- at Player.My.MyProject.MyForms.Create__Instance__[T](T Instance) at
Player.My.MyProject.MyForms.get_Apex232() at
Player.main.tmrInitialize_Tick(Object sender, EventArgs e) at
System.Windows.Forms.Timer.OnTick(EventArgs e) at
System.Windows.Forms.Timer.TimerNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32
msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
************** Loaded Assemblies ************** mscorlib
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.296 (RTMGDR.030319-2900)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v4.0.30319/mscorlib.dll
---------------------------------------- System
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.1001 built by: RTMGDR
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
---------------------------------------- Player
Assembly Version: 1.0.4765.16371
Win32 Version: 1.0.4765.16371
CodeBase: file:///C:/Users/1-Admin/AppData/Local/Apps/2.0/KNRBJ7QO.TBP/7LLH8JQX.G77/play..tion_0000000000000000_0002.0000_e02e247c5bbc65ce/Player.exe
---------------------------------------- Microsoft.VisualBasic
Assembly Version: 10.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 10.0.30319.1 built by: RTMRel
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.VisualBasic/v4.0_10.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
---------------------------------------- System.Core
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.233 built by: RTMGDR
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Core/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Core.dll
---------------------------------------- System.Windows.Forms
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.1001 built by: RTMGDR
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
---------------------------------------- System.Drawing
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.1001 built by: RTMGDR
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
---------------------------------------- System.Runtime.Remoting
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.1 (RTMRel.030319-0100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Runtime.Remoting/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Runtime.Remoting.dll
---------------------------------------- Microsoft.VisualBasic.Compatibility
Assembly Version: 10.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 10.0.30319.1
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.VisualBasic.Compatibility/v4.0_10.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Microsoft.VisualBasic.Compatibility.dll
---------------------------------------- System.Data
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.237 (RTMGDR.030319-2300)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_32/System.Data/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Data.dll
---------------------------------------- System.Xml
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.233 built by: RTMGDR
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
---------------------------------------- MySql.Data
Assembly Version: 6.4.4.0
Win32 Version: 6.4.4.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Users/1-Admin/AppData/Local/Apps/2.0/KNRBJ7QO.TBP/7LLH8JQX.G77/play..tion_0000000000000000_0002.0000_e02e247c5bbc65ce/MySql.Data.DLL
---------------------------------------- System.Transactions
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.1 (RTMRel.030319-0100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_32/System.Transactions/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Transactions.dll
---------------------------------------- AxInterop.WMPLib
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.0.0.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Users/1-Admin/AppData/Local/Apps/2.0/KNRBJ7QO.TBP/7LLH8JQX.G77/play..tion_0000000000000000_0002.0000_e02e247c5bbc65ce/AxInterop.WMPLib.DLL
---------------------------------------- Interop.WMPLib
Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.0.0.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Users/1-Admin/AppData/Local/Apps/2.0/KNRBJ7QO.TBP/7LLH8JQX.G77/play..tion_0000000000000000_0002.0000_e02e247c5bbc65ce/Interop.WMPLib.DLL
---------------------------------------- System.Configuration
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.1 (RTMRel.030319-0100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll
---------------------------------------- System.Deployment
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.1 (RTMRel.030319-0100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Deployment/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Deployment.dll
---------------------------------------- Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Vs
Assembly Version: 10.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 10.0.20911.1
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Vs/10.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Microsoft.VisualBasic.PowerPacks.Vs.dll
---------------------------------------- Accessibility
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.1 built by: RTMRel
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Accessibility/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Accessibility.dll
---------------------------------------- System.EnterpriseServices
Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 4.0.30319.1 (RTMRel.030319-0100)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_32/System.EnterpriseServices/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.EnterpriseServices.dll
---------------------------------------- AxInterop.MSCommLib
Assembly Version: 1.1.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.0.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Users/1-Admin/AppData/Local/Apps/2.0/KNRBJ7QO.TBP/7LLH8JQX.G77/play..tion_0000000000000000_0002.0000_e02e247c5bbc65ce/AxInterop.MSCommLib.DLL
---------------------------------------- Interop.MSCommLib
Assembly Version: 1.1.0.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.0.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Users/1-Admin/AppData/Local/Apps/2.0/KNRBJ7QO.TBP/7LLH8JQX.G77/play..tion_0000000000000000_0002.0000_e02e247c5bbc65ce/Interop.MSCommLib.DLL
----------------------------------------
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system.windows.forms section. The application must also be compiled
with debugging enabled.
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<system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>
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Answer 1

You are using an ActiveX control in your application, judging from the name some video player control or serial port COM object, that is not registered on the machine you deployed your ClickOnce application to. All your ClickOnce application contains is a managed wrapper around the ActiveX control, not the ActiveX control itself.
Installing ActiveX controls with ClickOnce isn't terribly straight forward. You may be able to bootstrap the install of your ActiveX control with ClickOnce, or alternatively not use ClickOnce at all and use an MSI that installs the ActiveX control.