The specified directory service attribute or value does not exist

Question / Problem

The application displays an error in the Windows event log: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException: The specified directory service attribute or value does not exist.

Answer / Solution

The logged in user needs to have read access to the Active Directory Domain.

1. Go to the Domain Controller and start the tool 'Active Directory Users and Computers'.
2. Navigate through the tree to the user and open the context menu .over the user > select properties.
3. Go to tab 'Memberof'.
4. When user is Domain-User, then the user has access to the active directory by default.

Check if user is member of security group 'domain-user' via cmd:

> gpresult /user username /r