The IRunningObjectTable::EnumRunning method returns a null IEnumMoniker variable

If a Microsoft Component Object Model (COM) server registers an object in the Running Object Table (ROT) and then exits or crashes without revoking the object, any client application cannot enumerate the ROT by using the IRunningObjectTable::EnumRunning method because the IEnumMoniker pointer variable that is returned by this call is null.

How to obtain the hotfix

This issue is fixed in the Windows 2000 Server COM+ 1.0 Hotfix Package 28. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section of this article.