Unable to cast COM object of type error

08-08-2012 I got this error today from SQL Server Management Studio. It occurred when I was trying to brows databases by expanding the “Databases” folder in the SQL Server Management Studio navigation tree. Unable to cast COM object of type ‘System.__ComObject’ to interface type ‘Microsoft.VisualStudio.OLE.Interop.IServiceProvider’. This operation failed because the QueryInterface call on the COMContinue reading “Unable to cast COM object of type error {6D5140C1-7436-11CE-8034-00AA006009FA}”