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I try flowing code to create an WMPLib.IWMPFolderMonitorServices in C# to manage folders contain music.

C#
public partial class MainWindow : Window
    {
        private WMPLib.IWMPPlayer player;
         private WMPLib.IWMPFolderMonitorServices manageFolder;
     
        [DllImport("ole32.dll", ExactSpelling = true, PreserveSig = false)]
        [return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Interface)]
        static extern void CoCreateInstance([In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStruct)] Guid rclsid,
                                            [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.IUnknown)] object pUnkOuter,
                                             CLSCTX dwClsContext,
                                            [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPStruct)] Guid riid,
                                            [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.IUnknown)] out object rReturnedComObject);
    
        public MainWindow()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
            Object instancePlayer = null;
            Guid guid_IWMPPlayer = typeof(WMPLib.IWMPPlayer).GUID;
            Guid guid_IUnknown = new Guid("00000000-0000-0000-C000-000000000046"); 
            try
            {
                CoCreateInstance(guid_IWMPPlayer, null, CLSCTX.CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, guid_IUnknown, out instancePlayer);
            }
            catch (Exception e)
            {
                MessageBox.Show(e.Message);
            }            
            Type type = Type.GetTypeFromCLSID(guid_IWMPPlayer);
           
            player = instancePlayer as WMPLib.IWMPPlayer;
            Object instanceFolder = null;
            Guid guid_IWMFolder = typeof(WMPLib.IWMPFolderMonitorServices).GUID;
            IntPtr ptr1, ptr2;
            try
            {
                ptr1 = Marshal.GetComInterfaceForObject(instancePlayer, type);
                Marshal.QueryInterface(ptr1, ref guid_IWMFolder, out ptr2);
                Marshal.PtrToStructure(ptr2, instanceFolder);
            }
            catch(Exception e)
            {
                MessageBox.Show(e.Message);
            }
            manageFolder = instanceFolder as WMPLib.IWMPFolderMonitorServices;
        }
    }
}


I get exception :
"Class not registered (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80040154 (REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG))"
at :
C#
CoCreateInstance(guid_IWMPPlayer, null, CLSCTX.CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, guid_IUnknown, out instancePlayer);


and exception:
"Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: o"
in second try block.
I search on google for this exception but i can't fix it.
Posted
Updated 17-Apr-13 23:37pm
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Comments
Kenneth Haugland 18-Apr-13 5:42am    
I assume the the , null, is the problem?

1 solution

VB
player = instancePlayer as WMPLib.IWMPPlayer; //Here
            Object instanceFolder = null;
            Guid guid_IWMFolder = typeof(WMPLib.IWMPFolderMonitorServices).GUID;
            IntPtr ptr1, ptr2;
            try
            {
                ptr1 = Marshal.GetComInterfaceForObject(instancePlayer, type);
                Marshal.QueryInterface(ptr1, ref guid_IWMFolder, out ptr2);
                Marshal.PtrToStructure(ptr2, instanceFolder);
            }
            catch(Exception e)
            {

It seems like the object "player" is not initialized right and stays null.
Which basically means it is not initialized on this line:
CoCreateInstance(guid_IWMPPlayer, null, CLSCTX.CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, guid_IUnknown, out instancePlayer);

Check if "instancePlayer" is not null after executing this line.
 
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longit644 18-Apr-13 8:00am    
How to initialize object "player" right ?
Marco Bertschi 18-Apr-13 9:25am    
Search google.

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