Creating an instance of the COM component with CLSID {AA40D1D6-CAEF-4A56-B9BB-D0D3DC976BA2} from the IClassFactory failed...

If you ever encounter issues when trying to create, add, or edit steps for a SQL Server Agent job in SQL Server Management Studio 2008 R2 don't worry!

The error popup you might get is the following:















There is a fix for this issue. You can find it here.

The fix applies to the following products:

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