How to recovery VSS issue
1. Delete subscription key and restart eventsystem and COM+ app services
2. Run “vssadmin list writers”
3. re-register all VSS binaries, then “vssadmin list writer” works.
a. Backup and remove register key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftEventSystem{26c409cc-ae86-11d1-b616-00805fc79
216}Subscriptions
b. net stop “COM+ Event System”; confirm Y.
c. net stop “COM+ System Application “
d. net stop vss ;
e. net stop swprv
f. re-register all dlls.
regsvr32 vss_ddu.dll
regsvr32 ole32.dll
regsvr32 oleaut32.dll
regsvr32 vss_ps.dll
Vssvc.exe /Register
regsvr32 /I swprv.DLL
regsvr32 /I EVENTCLS.DLL
regsvr32 ES.DLL
regsvr32 stdprov.dll
regsvr32 vssui.dll
regsvr32 msxml3.dll
g. net start “COM+ Event System”;
h. net start “COM+ System Application“
i. net stop vss ;
j. net stop swprv
k. after these steps, the registry will be re-created.
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftEventSystem{26c409cc-ae86-11d1-b616-00805fc79
216}Subscriptions