Thanks Rick
As usual you hit the nail on the head!


Peter

>MSCOMCTL.OCX should install with VFP. Maybe you need to reinstall VFP to get a clean install...
>
>Registration on Win Vista/7/8 requires that you run as an Adminstrator explicitly in order for the DLL to register properly.
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>+++ Rick ---
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>>in windows 8.1 thor barfs when it looks for mscomctl.ocx
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>>i went to microsoft and dowloaded it but it does not install correctly.
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>>any fix for this?
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>>Peter