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I faced this problem while migrating one of my COM applications from VS2008 to VS2012.

Problem: COM application crashes when compiled with VS2012 on Windows 2012

Search for a class like below in your code which inherits from CAfwAtlExeModuleT<>.

class CAsset_Tree_Module : public CAfwAtlExeModuleT< CAsset_Tree_Module >

You might see a method similar to the one below in that class (if yes than there is a trap):

HRESULT RegisterClassObjects(DWORD dwClsContext, DWORD dwFlags) throw()
{
    return AtlComModuleRegisterClassObjects(&_AtlComModule, CLSCTX_LOCAL_SERVER, REGCLS_SINGLEUSE);
}

As per Microsoft, in Visual Studio 2012, this function cannot be used in applications that execute in the Windows Runtime.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/hd3ht4xt%28v=vs.100%29.aspx

Just change the version of Visual Studio (2010 to 2012) in the above link to see the difference.

Here is the solution:

Replace this line:

return AtlComModuleRegisterClassObjects(&_AtlComModule, CLSCTX_LOCAL_SERVER, REGCLS_SINGLEUSE);

with this code block:

#if _MSC_VER > 1600
    dwFlags &= ~REGCLS_MULTIPLEUSE;
    dwFlags |= REGCLS_SINGLEUSE;
    return __super::RegisterClassObjects(dwClsContext,dwFlags);

#else
    return AtlComModuleRegisterClassObjects(&_AtlComModule, 
                  CLSCTX_LOCAL_SERVER, REGCLS_SINGLEUSE);
#endif

COM Executable Crash compiled with VS2012 on Windows 2012