Object Reference error Power BI Desktop from MS store but not when using direct download from web

[spiritofme]

The problem: I get the object reference error when using PBI Desktop from the MS Store, but not when using PBI Desktop from the website download.

I have tired of manually updating Power BI Desktop via the web so....

1) I uninstalled Power BI Desktop (obtained from website download)

2) Installed Power BI Desktop from Microsoft App Store

3) Ensured Data Source settings were still there (yes, they were)

4) Tried a known good query, a good PBIX, etc. and got the error every time:

"Object reference not set to an instance of object"

5) Tried fixing data source connnections, restarted computer, played around with settings, etc etc.

6) Uninstalled Power BI Desktop (MS Store version)

7) Re-installed Power BI Desktop (Website version)

😎 All is good--everything works ... immediately.

What?? Why!?? Any thoughts on how I can change over to Power BI Desktop from the MS Store without this issue?

Thanks to all.

BTW, I found these articles when trying to self-help. They didn't fix my issue.

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Power-BI-User-Group-Norway/Object-Reference-Error/gpm-p/104620

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Service/Power-BI-Desktop-error-when-connecting-to-local-MySQL/td-p/...

[v-juanli-msft]

Hi @spiritofme

Does this error happen for a spefic data source or all pbix ?

Could you show a screenshot of your error message?

Best Regards

Maggie

[spiritofme]

I see you replied on another thread about this issue...have you heard anything new?

https://community.powerbi.com/t5/Desktop/Error-connecting-to-Oracle-Object-reference-not-set-to-an/m...

[spiritofme]

It happened on all the data sources I tried. My data sources are primarily Oracle DB. I did not notice if any Excel file sources has issues. It happened with each PBIX I tried.

I'm sorry I didn't capture the error message. But, it's the same as mentioned in the posts I linked to above. Seems to be a well-known error. Sorry.