Exception from HRESULT: 0x80040111 (CLASS_E_CLASSNOTAVAILABLE)

Using .Net 4.0 / WPF Application / C #

I have the following piece of code in my application that opens a FileDialog when a button is clicked Select

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OpenFileDialog fdgSelectFile;
bool? dialogResult;

try
{
    fdgSelectFile = new OpenFileDialog {DefaultExt = FileDialogDefaultExt, Filter = FileDialogFilter};
    dialogResult = fdgSelectFile.ShowDialog();
    if (dialogResult.HasValue && dialogResult.Value)
    {
        SelectedFilePath = fdgSelectFile.FileName;
        // do your stuff
    }
}

      

        
        
        
      

    

This piece of code works on other machines, but not on my machine. It just throws an exception - as shown below - when the button is clicked Select

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2015-04-28 14:33:47,453 [1] ERROR XXXX.XXXX.XXXX.ViewModels.UploadViewModel - SelectFile - System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x80040111): Creating an instance of the COM component with CLSID {DC1C5A9C-E88A-4DDE-A5A1-60F82A20AEF7} from the IClassFactory failed due to the following error: 80040111 ClassFactory cannot supply requested class (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80040111 (CLASS_E_CLASSNOTAVAILABLE)).
   at System.RuntimeTypeHandle.CreateInstance(RuntimeType type, Boolean publicOnly, Boolean noCheck, Boolean& canBeCached, RuntimeMethodHandleInternal& ctor, Boolean& bNeedSecurityCheck)
   at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceSlow(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipCheckThis, Boolean fillCache, StackCrawlMark& stackMark)
   at System.RuntimeType.CreateInstanceDefaultCtor(Boolean publicOnly, Boolean skipCheckThis, Boolean fillCache, StackCrawlMark& stackMark)
   at System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type, Boolean nonPublic)
   at System.Activator.CreateInstance(Type type)
   at Microsoft.Win32.OpenFileDialog.CreateVistaDialog()
   at Microsoft.Win32.FileDialog.RunVistaDialog(IntPtr hwndOwner)
   at Microsoft.Win32.FileDialog.RunDialog(IntPtr hwndOwner)
   at Microsoft.Win32.CommonDialog.ShowDialog()
   at XXXX.XXXX.XXXX.ViewModels.UploadViewModel.SelectFile(Object param) in c:\XXXX\XXXX\Client\XXXX.XXXX.XXXX\ViewModels\UploadViewModel .cs:line 176

      

        
        
        
      

    

The error detection is called comdlg32.dll

from Microsoft.Win32

a namespace, inside an assembly PresentationFramework.dll

, I have queried the registry for this CLS id

reg query HKCR\CLSID | find /i "{DC1C5A9C-E88A-4DDE-A5A1-60F82A20AEF7}"

      

        
        
        
      

    

and this is what he says

HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT \ CLSID {DC1C5A9C-E88A-4dde-A5A1-60F82A20AEF7}

I have also tried the following

• According to this SO Post, I tried to register dll
  
  but it came back saying

  [Window Name] RegSvr32

  [Content] Module "comdlg32.dll" was loaded, but the entry point DllRegisterServer was not found.

  Verify that "comdlg32.dll" is a valid DLL or OCX file, and then try again.

  [OK]

• As per this SO Post, I tried to change Permissions
  
  but no luck

Is there any solution to this other than reprocessing the machine or reinstalling Windows?

If it helps: I have .Net FrameWork v3.5 / v4.0 / v4.5.1 and v4.5.2 installed on my machine and PresentationFramework.dll

available in all locations inside folders.

v3.5   : C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v3.5\Profile\Client
v4.0   : C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.0
v4.5   : C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5
v4.5.1 : C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5.1
v4.5.2 : C:\Program Files (x86)\Reference Assemblies\Microsoft\Framework\.NETFramework\v4.5.2