Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID {BDEADF26-C265-11D0-BCED-00A0C90AB50F} failed due to the following error: 80040154 Class not registered (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80040154 (REGDB_E_CLASSNOTREG)).
http://saiabhilash.blogspot.co.nz/2013/02/class-not-registered-exception.html
Resolution:
The console application is running under 32 bit processor. Just change it to 64 bit.
To do this:
- Right click on Console Application
- Select Properties
- Under Build Tab, change Platform Target to x64
- Rerun the application and hopefully the error should go away now !