I've been searching for an answer for a couple of hours now but have had no luck.
Using VB6 and a fresh install of OO4.1.5 on Win 10 Pro 32bit.
After calling CreateObject("com.sun.star.ServiceManager"), I can not open the OO GUI (from a desktop shortcut, the Start menu, or clicking on a file that would open with OO). There are no errors, the GUI just does not open.
If I call "Desktop.Terminate", or close soffice.bin from the Task Manager, all of the OO GUI instances I had tried to open will suddenly appear.
When I have a Writer window open, calling CreateObject("com.sun.star.ServiceManager") fails with a "can't create Active X object" error.
It seems that the ServcieManager and the OO GUI can not both exist at the same time.
Any ideas why this might be?