Exact difference between CoCreateInstance and CreateInstance

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Hi,

I have read lot many articles but always wonder what is exact difference between CreateInstance and CoCreateInstance. I know fundamentals of COM but do not know its intricacies.

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Posted 1-Mar-12 16:15pm

sumitskothari

Updated 23-Feb-16 22:06pm

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barneyman · Answer 1 · 2012-03-01T16:27:00

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CoCreateInstance is the helper function in the COM libraries, that locates the classfactory for the object you're after (by CLSID or PROGID) and invokes its IClassFactory::CreateInstance method

So, in practice they're the same thing

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barneyman

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