{"id":25439,"date":"2022-01-01T18:51:45","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T13:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=25439"},"modified":"2026-03-10T13:29:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T07:59:13","slug":"mscomctl-ocx-dependencies-not-registered-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/mscomctl-ocx-dependencies-not-registered-missing\/","title":{"rendered":"MSCOMCTL.OCX or dependencies not registered, file is missing"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you attempt to run a program created using Visual Basic 6.0 or Visual FoxPro 6.0 on a Windows 11\/10 computer, the following error may occur:<\/p>\n

Component 'MSCOMCTL.OCX' or one of its dependencies not registered: a file is missing or invalid<\/pre>\n
\"mscomctl.ocx<\/p>\n
Let’s see how to fix this error on any version of Windows, including Windows 11.<\/p>\n
Fix for Error MSCOMCTL.OCX missing or not registered<\/h2>\n
<\/a>Register MSCOMCTL.OCX using RegSvr32.exe<\/h3>\n
First, check if the file MSCOMCTL.OCX<\/code> exists in the following folder:<\/p>\n
If you’re using Windows 64-bit edition:<\/p>\n
C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64<\/pre>\n
If you’re using Windows 32-bit edition:<\/p>\n
C:\\Windows\\System32<\/pre>\n
If MSCOMCTL.OCX<\/code>\u00a0exists in the above location, then all you need to do is register the module using regsvr32.exe<\/code> command.<\/p>\n
To register the module, open an administrator Command Prompt window and type the following command:<\/p>\n
For Windows 64-bit systems:<\/strong><\/p>\n
regsvr32 C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\MSCOMCTL.OCX<\/pre>\n
For Windows 32-bit systems:<\/strong><\/p>\n
regsvr32 C:\\Windows\\System32\\MSCOMCTL.OCX<\/pre>\n
You should see the following output\/message:<\/p>\n
DllRegisterServer in mscomctl.ocx succeeded.<\/pre>\n
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RegSvr32.exe throws the error 0x8002801c?<\/h3>\n
If the above command-line throws the error 0x8002801c, it means that the command was unable to write to the registry successfully. This happens if you ran the command from a normal Command Prompt instead of the admin or elevated Command Prompt<\/a>.<\/p>\n
The module \"mscomctl.ocx\" was loaded but the call to DllRegisterServer failed with error code 0x8002801c.\r\n\r\nFor more information about this problem, search online using the error code as a search term.<\/pre>\n
\"0x8002801c<\/p>\n
To resolve the error 0x8002801c, re-run the command-line from admin Command Prompt.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
MSCOMCTL.OCX Missing? Download it now<\/h3>\n
If MSCOMCTL.OCX is missing from the Windows\\System32 or Windows\\SysWOW64 directory, you’ll receive the following error when running the RegSvr32.exe command-line:<\/p>\n
The module \"C:\\Windows\\SysWOW64\\mscomctl.ocx\" failed to load.\r\n\r\nMake sure the binary is stored at the specified path or debug it to check for problems with the binary or dependent .DLL files.\r\n\r\nThe specified module could not be found.<\/pre>\n
In that case, you’ll need to download the module and save it to C:\\Windows\\System32<\/code> (for Windows 32-bit computers) or Windows\\SysWOW64<\/code> folder (for Windows 64-bit computers).<\/p>\n
Download MSCOMCTL.OCX<\/h4>\n
The most recent version of MSCOMCTL.OCX<\/code> is v6.01.9846<\/code>. It’s included in VB60SP6-KB3096896-x86-ENU.msi<\/code> (Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Service Pack 6 Security Rollup Update 1\/8\/2016) package from Microsoft Corporation. Here’s the download link:<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/download\/details.aspx?id=50722<\/pre>\n
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  1. Once downloaded, open the MSI package using the freeware 7-Zip utility.<\/li>\n
  2. Extract\/copy the module MSCOMCTL.OCX and save it to the Windows\\System32<\/code> or Windows\\SysWOW64<\/code> folder.
    \n\"mscomctl.ocx<\/li>\n
  3. Then register the module using RegSvr32.exe command-line<\/a> as explained at the top of this article.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n
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    MSCOMCTL.OCX – File Information<\/h3>\n
    Filename\t: MSCOMCTL.OCX\r\nVerified\t: Signed\r\nPublisher\t: Microsoft Corporation\r\nCompany\t\t: Microsoft Corporation\r\nDescription\t: Windows Common Controls ActiveX Control DLL\r\nProduct\t\t: MSCOMCTL\r\nProd version\t: 6.01.9846\r\nFile version\t: 6.01.9846\r\nMachineType\t: 32-bit\r\nMD5\t\t: 273676426739b02a45a0fc9349500b65\r\nSHA1\t\t: a23c709fae04feef87358abd59504940d0d0c806\r\nSHA256\t\t: 152121a5d1ac8f12002c18afc294bb1ebcecc1d61deec6211df586c11acde9b6\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/div>\n
    Note that the MSI package contains the following OCX files among many other files inside the archive:<\/p>\n