I have been running some code to dynamically build a powerpoint presentation on
my website. Up untill recenlty it has worked great. Now i get this error
message:

The cause of this exception was that: AutomationException: 0x80080005 - Server
execution failed. Note that Windows 95 does not support automatic launch of a
server, it must be running already.

The error occurred in D:\inetpub\wwwroot\sageproducts
2008\education\pres2.cfm: line 22

20 : <CFOBJECT
21 : ACTION="CREATE"
22 : CLASS="PowerPoint.Application"
23 : NAME="objPPT"
24 : TYPE="COM">


can anyone tell me how to fix this error?

Emulate http://cf-bill.blogspot.com/2006/08/...component.html, but then for Powerpoint.

I already have the COM enable for powerpoint. like i mention above i have been
running this application for sometime now and all of a sudden I get the error.
has anyone else run into this problem before and know of a fix?

...i have been running this application for sometime now and all of a sudden
I get the error.
That's what most people will tell you, including CF-Bill.

has anyone else run into this problem before and know of a fix?
CF-Bill apparently has. Did you apply his fix?

I get to the point where I am trying to add a new object but I keep getting
this message and cannot proceed.

"An object named "IUSER" cannot be found. Check the selected object types and
location for accuracy and ensure that you typed the object name correctly, or
remove this object from the selection."

It will not let me change location. any suggestions?