Imagine you are working with VBA in Microsoft Excel, and suddenly you get stuck with “run-time error ‘429’: ActiveX component can’t create object”. Well, this error typically arises when an Excel program or script tries to access the ActiveX component that is registered incorrectly or installed improperly on your PC. It occurs due to various reasons, regardless of the reason, it can be fixed easily. In this post, I will explain why this error occurs and how to fix runtime error 429 in Excel with less effort.