The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Launch permission for the COM Server application

 

Event 10016: The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Launch permission for the COM Server application
Mar 29th, 2008 by Christian.
On our Sharepoint server, the following DCOM error message kept returning in the event log (bold text is Event ID-specific information):

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Event Type: Error
Event Source: DCOM
Event Category: None
Event ID: 10016
Date: Date
Time: Time
User: NT AUTHORITY\NETWORK SERVICE
(there may be situations in which the user is NT AUTHORITY\LOCAL SERVICE)

Description: The application-specific permission settings do not grant Local Launch permission for the COM Server application with CLSID {AppGUID} to the user User_Name SID User_SID. This security permission can be modified using the Component Services administrative tool.
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The solution for this DCOM error is to grant the affected user permissions to start the COM component. To solve event ID 10016, follow these steps:

Go to Start - Run, and type regedit, and press enter
Locate and then click the following registry subkey:
HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\CLSID value
Note In this subkey, “CLSID value” is a placeholder for the CLSID information that appears in the event error. I.e. in case of Sharepoint, the CLSID would be {61738644-F196-11D0-9953-00C04FD919C1},
Double-click on AppID in the right pane, .
A dialog box appears. Leave this box open
Go to Start - Run, and type dcomcnfg, and press enter
In the Component Services window, go to Component Services, go to Computers, go to My Computer, and then click DCOM Config.
In the details pane, locate the program by using the friendly name, then choose Properties by right clicking on it
At the Security tab, in the Launch and Activation Permissions area, click Customize, and then click the Edit button.
Add the Local Service or Network Service account by clicking the Add button, typing the user’s account name (Local Service or Network Service, this depends on whats in your event error), and then clicking OK.
Select the account name you just added, click to select the Allow check boxes for the following items:
• Local Launch
• Remote Launch
• Local Activation
• Remote Activation
Click OK two times and quit the registry editor