fsComProviderSvr.exe stopped working

Question

Hello everyone,

I believe Im in right place for this kind of question.As you can see from title of thread I have very annoying issue with Power tools I installed recently.
I get this APPCRASH about TfsComProviderSvr.exe like 200 times and as long as I can see TfsSHELExt.dll is injected in explorer.exe and also in windows live and in couple of other processes in my opinion this is the main cause of error.Fault module is KERNEL32.DLL I suppose there is some problem with loading some dll or some other I really didnt have enough time to put this through Windbg and see what is going on.

I will be really grateful if someone have solution for this one since I need those tools to be installed on my box and error is so annoying and sometimes pops up too many times a day :)

There is screenshot from control panel in section Problem Reports and solutions along with problem signature and other details.View it here : http://www.flickr.com/photos/43341855@N04/3991939817/

Best regards,

Civa

Answer 1

I apologize for the title of this thread it should be "TfsComProviderSvr.exe stopped working"

Best regards,

Civa

Answer 2

Hi Civa,

Is there any information in event viewer?

Kernel32.dll may fault for many causes,   see http://pcsupport.about.com/od/findbyerrormessage/a/kernel32dll.htm

Best Regards,
Ruiz

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Answer 3

Hi Ruiz!

First of all thank you very much for your answer!

Actually there is bunch of entries in Event Viewer about TFS Shell Extension related stuff.

Most of them are like :

Warnings :

TFS Shell Extension event:\n More than 5 failed calls to com provider.

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System

- Provider [ Name ] TFSShellExt

- EventID 3 [ Qualifiers ] 32770

Level 3

Task 0

Keywords 0x80000000000000

- TimeCreated [ SystemTime ] 2009-10-12T06:48:34.000Z

EventRecordID 48193

Channel Application

Computer

Security

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EventData

More than 5 failed calls to com provider.

Errors :
TFS Shell Extension event:\n Failed to start COMProvider while updating workspaces.

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System

- Provider [ Name ] TFSShellExt

- EventID 3 [ Qualifiers ] 32770

Level 2

Task 0

Keywords 0x80000000000000

- TimeCreated [ SystemTime ] 2009-10-12T07:55:08.000Z

EventRecordID 48236

Channel Application

Computer

Security

-

EventData

Failed to start COMProvider while updating workspaces.

TFS Shell Extension event:\n Failed to create COM provider for notification event.

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System

- Provider [ Name ] TFSShellExt

- EventID 3 [ Qualifiers ] 32770

Level 2

Task 0

Keywords 0x80000000000000

- TimeCreated [ SystemTime ] 2009-10-12T06:52:50.000Z

EventRecordID 48234

Channel Application

Computer

Security

-

EventData

Failed to create COM provider for notification event.

I will take a look at link you sent about kernel32 realted issues.

Best reagards,

Civa

Answer 4

Hi Civa,

I did not encounter this issue before, here is another member's post about "Failed to start COMProvider while updating workspaces" http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/tfspowertools/thread/e3e2c154-0898-473a-867f-264d6affb246

Hope this could help you.

Best Regards,
Ruiz

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Answer 5

Ok than you very much Ruiz I will consider that!

Best regards,

Civa

Answer 6

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