Data Connections in Server Explorer not responding

[Jeff]

I have VS 2003 & VS 2005. I am doing some work in VS 2003 and can no longer
getting any response when I try to add a new connection via the Server
Explorer context menu or through the Tools menu. I have seen some information
about possible missing dll's that are called to get the Data link dialog to
respond but have seen no information about what dll's are missing and how to
correct the problem. I have tried to uninstall and reinstall VS 2003 but it
makes no difference. Does anybody have a solution?

Thanks
Jeff

[Jeff]

Got Microsoft to take a look and hack the problem out. I have seen a few
others have had the same problem so I hope it helps.

The solution:
In my case I had to re-register the SQLOLEDB.DLL that resides in the
C:\Program Files\Common Files\System\Ole DB folder.

Because in VS 2003 it automatically defaults to the Microsoft OLE DB SQL
provider and skips that step in the Dala Link dialog box, when it goes to
call the Dialog box and tries to find the SQLOLEDB.DLL and can't, it just
craps out and gives up.
Hope this helps. btw - Thanks for all the responses!
"Jeff" wrote:

I have VS 2003 & VS 2005. I am doing some work in VS 2003 and can no longer
getting any response when I try to add a new connection via the Server
Explorer context menu or through the Tools menu. I have seen some information
about possible missing dll's that are called to get the Data link dialog to
respond but have seen no information about what dll's are missing and how to
correct the problem. I have tried to uninstall and reinstall VS 2003 but it
makes no difference. Does anybody have a solution?

Thanks
Jeff