"Richard Eagle" <rich***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:Obr4op%23kHHA.3484@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Yesterday I finally got Vista Home Premium installed on this PC. It's now in
> a dual-boot setup with XP Pro. I have a VB6 program that I'm working on and
> the stand-alone .exe runs fine in XP. Apparently I have all needed files
> registered in XP.
>
> I copied the .exe over to my Vista drive, rebooted into Vista and tried to
> run the program. When I did, I got a message saying I needed richtx32.ocx. I
> copied it from my XP windows system32 folder to my Vista windows system32.
> Then I tried to register it in Vista with 'run' and then:
>
> regsvr32 richtx32.ocx
>
> ...just like I would do it in XP. When I did, I got an error message like
> this:
>
> =======================================
> RegSvr32
> =======================================
> |X|  The module "richtx32.ocx" was loaded but the call to
>       DllRegisterServer failed with error code 0x8002801c.
>
>       For more information about this problem, search
>       online using the error code as a search term.
> =======================================
>                                                                      | OK |
> =======================================
>
> Does anyone know how to register VB controls in Vista?
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Richard
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>

"Steve Easton" <ad***@95isalive.com> wrote in message
news:OPzAc8%23kHHA.492@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> You need to install the ActiveX installer service in Vista and then enable
> it in services.
> It is not automatically installed during initial install. Install it via
> add windows components.
>
> "WARNING " do not delete the file you copied into the Vista system folder
> until you make a copy in XP and save it.
> The copy you have in Vista is "virtual." Delete it and the one in XP gets
> deleted.
> Learned that the hard way.
>
> Steve Easton
>
> "Richard Eagle" <rich***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:Obr4op%23kHHA.3484@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Yesterday I finally got Vista Home Premium installed on this PC. It's now
>> in
>> a dual-boot setup with XP Pro. I have a VB6 program that I'm working on
>> and
>> the stand-alone .exe runs fine in XP. Apparently I have all needed files
>> registered in XP.
>>
>> I copied the .exe over to my Vista drive, rebooted into Vista and tried
>> to
>> run the program. When I did, I got a message saying I needed
>> richtx32.ocx. I
>> copied it from my XP windows system32 folder to my Vista windows
>> system32.
>> Then I tried to register it in Vista with 'run' and then:
>>
>> regsvr32 richtx32.ocx
>>
>> ...just like I would do it in XP. When I did, I got an error message like
>> this:
>>
>> =======================================
>> RegSvr32
>> =======================================
>> |X|  The module "richtx32.ocx" was loaded but the call to
>>       DllRegisterServer failed with error code 0x8002801c.
>>
>>       For more information about this problem, search
>>       online using the error code as a search term.
>> =======================================
>>                                                                      | OK
>> |
>> =======================================
>>
>> Does anyone know how to register VB controls in Vista?
>>
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Richard
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>

"Richard Eagle" <rich***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:e7xfEp$kHHA.568@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Thanks much for your reply Steve. I followed your advice and backed up the
> file. Got it registered with a batch file per Ralph's instructions but that
> doesn't work with comdlg32.ocx or dxtmet2.dll for some reason so I guess I
> need the ActiveX installer service.
>
> Question: How do I install the ActiveX installer service in Vista? I'm new
> to Vista and must be overlooking the obvious but I can't find it.
>
> Thanks,
> Richard
>
>
> "Steve Easton" <ad***@95isalive.com> wrote in message
> news:OPzAc8%23kHHA.492@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > You need to install the ActiveX installer service in Vista and then enable
> > it in services.
> > It is not automatically installed during initial install. Install it via
> > add windows components.
> >
> > "WARNING " do not delete the file you copied into the Vista system folder
> > until you make a copy in XP and save it.
> > The copy you have in Vista is "virtual." Delete it and the one in XP gets
> > deleted.
> > Learned that the hard way.
> >
> > Steve Easton
> >
> > "Richard Eagle" <rich***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:Obr4op%23kHHA.3484@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> >> Yesterday I finally got Vista Home Premium installed on this PC. It's now
> >> in
> >> a dual-boot setup with XP Pro. I have a VB6 program that I'm working on
> >> and
> >> the stand-alone .exe runs fine in XP. Apparently I have all needed files
> >> registered in XP.
> >>
> >> I copied the .exe over to my Vista drive, rebooted into Vista and tried
> >> to
> >> run the program. When I did, I got a message saying I needed
> >> richtx32.ocx. I
> >> copied it from my XP windows system32 folder to my Vista windows
> >> system32.
> >> Then I tried to register it in Vista with 'run' and then:
> >>
> >> regsvr32 richtx32.ocx
> >>
> >> ...just like I would do it in XP. When I did, I got an error message like
> >> this:
> >>
> >> =======================================
> >> RegSvr32
> >> =======================================
> >> |X|  The module "richtx32.ocx" was loaded but the call to
> >>       DllRegisterServer failed with error code 0x8002801c.
> >>
> >>       For more information about this problem, search
> >>       online using the error code as a search term.
> >> =======================================
> >>                                                                      | OK
> >> |
> >> =======================================
> >>
> >> Does anyone know how to register VB controls in Vista?
> >>
> >> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Richard
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>

"Steve Easton" <ad***@95isalive.com> wrote in message
news:OWsVZw$kHHA.1624@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> I'm not at my Vista machine at the moment so my terminology might be off.
> It's in the Vista equivalent of add remove programs / Add remove windows
> features.
> IIRC it's the very first item in the list.
> You may or may not need the CD. I didn't.
> Once installed, it will show in Services in Computer management,
> and you will have to set it as automatically enabled and then either start
> it or reboot.
>
> It's actually named "ActiveX Installer Service"
>
> You might want to check and see if it's available in the Home edition.
> According to this eweek article it's only in Business, Enterprise and
> Ultimate,
> but the article is almost a year old.
> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1979231,00.asp
>
>
> Steve Easton
>
>
> "Richard Eagle" <rich***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:e7xfEp$kHHA.568@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> Thanks much for your reply Steve. I followed your advice and backed up
>> the
>> file. Got it registered with a batch file per Ralph's instructions but
>> that
>> doesn't work with comdlg32.ocx or dxtmet2.dll for some reason so I guess
>> I
>> need the ActiveX installer service.
>>
>> Question: How do I install the ActiveX installer service in Vista? I'm
>> new
>> to Vista and must be overlooking the obvious but I can't find it.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Richard
>>
>>
>> "Steve Easton" <ad***@95isalive.com> wrote in message
>> news:OPzAc8%23kHHA.492@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> > You need to install the ActiveX installer service in Vista and then
>> > enable
>> > it in services.
>> > It is not automatically installed during initial install. Install it
>> > via
>> > add windows components.
>> >
>> > "WARNING " do not delete the file you copied into the Vista system
>> > folder
>> > until you make a copy in XP and save it.
>> > The copy you have in Vista is "virtual." Delete it and the one in XP
>> > gets
>> > deleted.
>> > Learned that the hard way.
>> >
>> > Steve Easton
>> >
>> > "Richard Eagle" <rich***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:Obr4op%23kHHA.3484@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> >> Yesterday I finally got Vista Home Premium installed on this PC. It's
>> >> now
>> >> in
>> >> a dual-boot setup with XP Pro. I have a VB6 program that I'm working
>> >> on
>> >> and
>> >> the stand-alone .exe runs fine in XP. Apparently I have all needed
>> >> files
>> >> registered in XP.
>> >>
>> >> I copied the .exe over to my Vista drive, rebooted into Vista and
>> >> tried
>> >> to
>> >> run the program. When I did, I got a message saying I needed
>> >> richtx32.ocx. I
>> >> copied it from my XP windows system32 folder to my Vista windows
>> >> system32.
>> >> Then I tried to register it in Vista with 'run' and then:
>> >>
>> >> regsvr32 richtx32.ocx
>> >>
>> >> ...just like I would do it in XP. When I did, I got an error message
>> >> like
>> >> this:
>> >>
>> >> =======================================
>> >> RegSvr32
>> >> =======================================
>> >> |X|  The module "richtx32.ocx" was loaded but the call to
>> >>       DllRegisterServer failed with error code 0x8002801c.
>> >>
>> >>       For more information about this problem, search
>> >>       online using the error code as a search term.
>> >> =======================================
>> >>                                                                      |
>> >> OK
>> >> |
>> >> =======================================
>> >>
>> >> Does anyone know how to register VB controls in Vista?
>> >>
>> >> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Richard
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>
>

"Richard Eagle" <rich***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:uwOtTjAlHHA.1776@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Thanks again Steve, and for the link too. I still don't find it but I'll check some
> more. Anyway, I got all the files registered now as described in my follow-up reply to
> Ralph.
>
> Richard
>
>
> "Steve Easton" <ad***@95isalive.com> wrote in message
> news:OWsVZw$kHHA.1624@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> I'm not at my Vista machine at the moment so my terminology might be off.
>> It's in the Vista equivalent of add remove programs / Add remove windows features.
>> IIRC it's the very first item in the list.
>> You may or may not need the CD. I didn't.
>> Once installed, it will show in Services in Computer management,
>> and you will have to set it as automatically enabled and then either start it or
>> reboot.
>>
>> It's actually named "ActiveX Installer Service"
>>
>> You might want to check and see if it's available in the Home edition.
>> According to this eweek article it's only in Business, Enterprise and Ultimate,
>> but the article is almost a year old.
>> http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1979231,00.asp
>>
>>
>> Steve Easton
>>
>>
>> "Richard Eagle" <rich***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:e7xfEp$kHHA.568@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> Thanks much for your reply Steve. I followed your advice and backed up the
>>> file. Got it registered with a batch file per Ralph's instructions but that
>>> doesn't work with comdlg32.ocx or dxtmet2.dll for some reason so I guess I
>>> need the ActiveX installer service.
>>>
>>> Question: How do I install the ActiveX installer service in Vista? I'm new
>>> to Vista and must be overlooking the obvious but I can't find it.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Richard
>>>
>>>
>>> "Steve Easton" <ad***@95isalive.com> wrote in message
>>> news:OPzAc8%23kHHA.492@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> > You need to install the ActiveX installer service in Vista and then enable
>>> > it in services.
>>> > It is not automatically installed during initial install. Install it via
>>> > add windows components.
>>> >
>>> > "WARNING " do not delete the file you copied into the Vista system folder
>>> > until you make a copy in XP and save it.
>>> > The copy you have in Vista is "virtual." Delete it and the one in XP gets
>>> > deleted.
>>> > Learned that the hard way.
>>> >
>>> > Steve Easton
>>> >
>>> > "Richard Eagle" <rich***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> > news:Obr4op%23kHHA.3484@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> >> Yesterday I finally got Vista Home Premium installed on this PC. It's now
>>> >> in
>>> >> a dual-boot setup with XP Pro. I have a VB6 program that I'm working on
>>> >> and
>>> >> the stand-alone .exe runs fine in XP. Apparently I have all needed files
>>> >> registered in XP.
>>> >>
>>> >> I copied the .exe over to my Vista drive, rebooted into Vista and tried
>>> >> to
>>> >> run the program. When I did, I got a message saying I needed
>>> >> richtx32.ocx. I
>>> >> copied it from my XP windows system32 folder to my Vista windows
>>> >> system32.
>>> >> Then I tried to register it in Vista with 'run' and then:
>>> >>
>>> >> regsvr32 richtx32.ocx
>>> >>
>>> >> ...just like I would do it in XP. When I did, I got an error message like
>>> >> this:
>>> >>
>>> >> =======================================
>>> >> RegSvr32
>>> >> =======================================
>>> >> |X|  The module "richtx32.ocx" was loaded but the call to
>>> >>       DllRegisterServer failed with error code 0x8002801c.
>>> >>
>>> >>       For more information about this problem, search
>>> >>       online using the error code as a search term.
>>> >> =======================================
>>> >>                                                                      | OK
>>> >> |
>>> >> =======================================
>>> >>
>>> >> Does anyone know how to register VB controls in Vista?
>>> >>
>>> >> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>> >>
>>> >> Thanks,
>>> >> Richard
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> >
>>>
>>
>>
>

"Ralph" <nt_consultin***@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Richard Eagle" <rich***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:Obr4op%23kHHA.3484@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>> <snipped>
>>
>> Does anyone know how to register VB controls in Vista?
>>
>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>
> A quick cheap trick is to put the command ("<path>\regsvr32
> <path>\richtx32.ocx") in a batch file. Name the batch file with "install",
> or "setup" in the name (eg, MyInstall.bat), then run the batch file.
>
> -ralph
>
>

"Richard Eagle" <rich***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:eOtMEp$kHHA.568@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Thanks Ralph for the info. I tried that and it worked fine with
> richtx32.ocx
> but then I needed comdlg32.ocx. Tried that one the same way and it won't
> work and I get the error like before. Also tried to register dxtmeta2.dll
> with a batch file and it won't work either. Strange that the first one
> worked and the other 2 won't.
>
> Thanks,
> Richard
>
>
> "Ralph" <nt_consultin***@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:0tCdnTSSA9unPtnbnZ2dnUVZ_qOpnZ2d@arkansas.net...
>>
>> "Richard Eagle" <rich***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:Obr4op%23kHHA.3484@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>> <snipped>
>>>
>>> Does anyone know how to register VB controls in Vista?
>>>
>>> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>
>> A quick cheap trick is to put the command ("<path>\regsvr32
>> <path>\richtx32.ocx") in a batch file. Name the batch file with
>> "install",
>> or "setup" in the name (eg, MyInstall.bat), then run the batch file.
>>
>> -ralph
>>
>>
>