Error: MSCOMCT2.OCX or one of its dependencies not

Question

I am trying to run a VB application that was coded long back on Windows 2000. My current OS is windows XP SP2.

The error message is: "Component 'MSCOMCT2.OCX' or one of its dependencies not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid"

I searched my computer for this file (this is different from MSCOMCT***L***.OCX) and didnt find it. Can someone point me how to get past this error?

Thanks, Nag.

Solution

You can also check out this Microsoft-based 'Help and Support' page that details where you can 'officially' download this page from.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/297381

Microsoft tends to move around its content, making old pages incorrect, but as I type this, the above page lists the following location for the CAB file that contains the MSCOMCT2.OCX file that you seek;

http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/mscomct2.cab

Comments

[Aaron Axvig]

Yeah but how do you install that cab? Just drop in the System32 directory or what?