An unhandled exception of type 'Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITest.Extension.PlaybackFailureException'

Question

I am facing a strange exception of type:

'Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITest.Extension.PlaybackFailureException' occurred in Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITesting.dll

Solution is working on development machine but its throwing this exception on deployment machine.I have installed test agent, test controller and visual studio premium 2013 in deployement machine,still facing the same issue

Exception is thrown when trying to Initialize Playback:

Playback.Initialize()

///Message

Cannot perform '' on the control. Additional Details: The control details were not specified.

///Stack Trace

at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITesting.Playback.MapAndThrowComException(COMException innerException, IPlaybackContext context) at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITesting.Playback.MapAndThrowException(SystemException exception, IPlaybackContext context) at Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITesting.Playback.Initialize() at Test.SAPDupCheck.OpenBrowser() in c:\Users\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\Test\Test\SAPDupCheck.cs:line 79 at Test.Program.Main(String[] args) in c:\Users\geethu_john02\Documents\Visual Studio 2013\Projects\Test\Test\Program.cs:line 14 at System.AppDomain._nExecuteAssembly(RuntimeAssembly assembly, String[] args) at System.AppDomain.ExecuteAssembly(String assemblyFile, Evidence assemblySecurity, String[] args) at Microsoft.VisualStudio.HostingProcess.HostProc.RunUsersAssembly()
at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart_Context(Object state)
at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.RunInternal(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx) at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state, Boolean preserveSyncCtx) at System.Threading.ExecutionContext.Run(ExecutionContext executionContext, ContextCallback callback, Object state) at System.Threading.ThreadHelper.ThreadStart()

///Source

Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITesting

///Target Site

{Void MapAndThrowComException(System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException, Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITesting.IPlaybackContext)}

///Inner Exception

{"Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID {6DA215C2-D80D-42F2-A514-B44A16DCBAAA} failed due to the following error: 80040154 Class not registered (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80040154 (REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG))."}

Answer 1

I was using

Microsoft.VisualStudio.TestTools.UITest.Playback version10

dll in my project.

I have installed visual studio2013 premium which is having 12 version dlls. So the same dll with version 10 was not able to register in the system and the solution is to install Test agent 2010/Test agent10 and can solve this error.