Program Compatibility Wizard buttons are blank

Copyright © 2008 Ramesh Srinivasan
General

Symptom

I'm trying to install AncestryView on Windows XP, which requires the Program Compatibility Wizard. When I open the wizard, however, the three buttons at the bottom are blank. If I click the third button, it cancels the wizard, but the other two don't do anything at all. I even tried disabling the anti-virus program and firewall to see if that was the problem, but it didn't work.

Resolution

Click Start, Run and type:

regsvr32 msxml3.dll

Press Enter. Similarly, execute the following commands:

regsvr32 compatui.dll
regsvr32 wshom.ocx
regsvr32 scrrun.dll
regsvr32 jscript.dll
regsvr32 mshtmled.dll

The Program Compatibility Wizard should now open correctly.

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5 Responses to "Program Compatibility Wizard buttons are blank"

Escu

said this on 21 Sep 2006 2:31:08 PM PST

When I execute: Run->regsvr32 compatui.dll, the result is: <<LoadLibrary("compatui.dll") failed - The specified module could not de found>> and.... the three buttons at the bottom are still blank.

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Jack

said this on 27 Jan 2007 8:37:43 AM PST

I have the same problem the buttons are blank. I typed in the resolution and they still didnt help. If you fixed this please tell me how by posting or emailing me.

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JASON

said this on 16 Feb 2007 3:35:31 PM PST

This fixed the problem Great

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Suzy Mortag

said this on 02 Mar 2007 11:13:19 PM PST

I too got the result of LoadLibrary failed, however my buttons are no longer blank - but now when I try to run the program Pro One Multimedia Algebra II, I now get an Invalid Property Value message. It says to manually install the font by using the install new font in the file menu of Windows 95 font folder. Make sure you remove the check mark fro the copy fonts to Windows folder before you click OK I am lost where is all this?

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