Why does the SSIS Runtime fail to start the distributed transaction?

Question

While creating an SSIS package for SQL Server 2008 i run into the following error:

Error: The SSIS Runtime has failed to start the distributed transacti

Answer 1

I had the same problem, however, MS DTC was not running on my machine. To turn on the Transaction Coordinator I had to do the following:

To start MS DTC

1. To open Services, on the Start menu, click Control Panel.
2. In Control Panel, click Administrative Tools.
3. In Administrative Tools, click Services. In the details pane, click Distributed Transaction Coordinator in the list of services.
4. On the Action menu, click Start.