How To Fix Runtime Error 380 - The Easy Way

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I'm sure you're just as annoyed as I was the first time I encountered error 380. You see that "invalid property value" on your monitor. You wonder what the heck that even means! The average computer user hasn't got a clue. Might as well be speaking German or French. It would make just as much sense. Well, in this article, I hope I can alleviate at least some of your concerns translated from technical perspective to regular human being perspective. I hope this simplifies the process and helps you resolve the issue as simple as turning on your computer.

You see, runtime error 380 is basically telling you that a particular link in a whole chain of instructions for the successful launching of a particular program is missing or jacked up. It's kinda like telling someone to drive the car down the road, but not telling them that you have to start the engine first. So, since part of the instructions is missing, the computer really just isn't sure how to make things happen. Typically, this is a corruption in the Visual Basics directory (lots of stuff there). A computer expert might have a time fixing these problems.

This particular error could also indicate that the program needs to update its .ocx files within the VB libraries to a recent update, or that something is incompatible with the current version of the application that needs to be updated. This could be a simple update by the developer that you can download.

Another possibility may be an outdated or missing .dll file that the application needs to operate and function properly. Things can get out of hand rather quickly with some of these issues. As you may have seen by now, there are a ton of reasons that one could encounter error 380. How would you like to know the shortcut to resolving these issues? I know I did. And I found it.

It doesn't really matter what is causing the issue, the underlying issue is usually the windows registry. The root cause of many problems that cause errors on your system and slows it down considerably can be found in the systems registry which is kinda the map that makes everything function together. The systems registry is what tells windows where things are, what they are related to, and how it all fits together as one big puzzle. If a single part of the systems registry becomes corrupt, you may encounter all sorts of errors and problems. One of the problems that can be caused by this corruption and missing link is runtime error 380. It can be caused by invalid registry entries, null values, missing entries or several other possibilities. Anything out of place in the registry can cause runtime errors.

The simple way to solve these issues is to download a great registry cleaner that will crawl through the massive windows registry, seek out problems and resolve them instantly. Most people believe that as long as they have an anti-virus on their computer and defrag once in a while, that they'll be problem free. What they miss is that if you do get an infection of some type of virus, malware or spyware or some other creepy thing in their computer, it can affect the registry as well and the programs to clean up these problems, may not repair the damage caused by them. This is where a registry cleaner is a wise idea to have. After your protective softwares do their job, you should let a good registry cleaner/fixer program do it's job by cleaning up the messes that can slow you down, cause errors like runtime error 380 as well as many others. I've seen a registry cleaner resolve a lot more than this simple error.