PRB: PDW Error "The Object Invoked Has Disconnected from Its Clients"

If you use the Package and Deployment Wizard (PDW) to package a Visual Basic 6.0 application, when you click the Finish button to try to create the package, you receive the following error message: Alternatively, nothing happens when you click the Finish button.

This problem occurs because there is a circular dependency in the Crystal Reports dependency file. This applies to Seagate Crystal Reports version 8.5.

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The following Microsoft Knowledge Base article describes a different error that is caused by the same problem: