Null Reference error in VB.NET2003

[Paul S. Natanson]

What is a Null Reference error and how do I fix it?

My newly installed VB.Net2003 gives me a "Microsoft
Development Environment" error message box EVERY time I
try to run/start ANY project - even very simple ones.

The error says:

"An unhandled exception of
type 'System.NullRef erenceException ' occurred in
system.windows. forms.dll. Additional information: Object
reference not set to an instance of an object."

As best I can determine from the debugger and the help
screens, the error has something to do with de-referencing
the form. But I don't even know what that means.

This happens even when I open a project that contains
nothing more than an empty form. And reinstalling
VB.NET2003Stand ard did not solve the problem.

What does this error mean? What might be causing it? And
how do I fix it?

Because I doubt that I will ever be able to find this
bulletin board / news group again, I would be most
grateful if, after posting your reply here, you would also
please send it to me in an email. My email address is
pa********@conc entricxxx.netxxx with the xxx's removed.

Thanks, Paul S. Natanson (Phone [phone] AM - 9
PM eastern USA time) pa********@conc entricxxx.netxxx
(remove xxxx's from email address). December 22, 2003

[Cor]

Hi Paul,

Just to tell others

:-))

Cor