>>I suffered recently a quite nice Windows 95 crash (I had installed some new RAM and it didn´t work quite right) and had to re-install Windows, but something must have happened with VFP 5.0.
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>>If I try to select "ActiveX" in the Form Controls Toolbar I get the message "There are not selected ActiveX controls. Use the Options command from the Tools menu ...".
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>>I open the Alt+Tools, Options, Controls tab, and I choose the ActiveX radiobutton and the "Show Controls" checkbox, and the results are... zilch! ... in the list at the right I get absolutely nothing. I tried the ADD command button, selected all the OCX´s I could find (from COMCTL32 and COMDLG32 down to SYSINFO, TABCTL32 and THREED32) but no dice; nothing happens.
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>>Does anybody have an idea as to what can be wrong? I have already reinstalled Windows three times and VFP about a dozen times (and with different setups; complete, minimal, custom). I think something may be rotten with Windows, but I have no clue as to what can it be.
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>>Thanks!
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Well, let's try this again remembering the HTML inserts.

Federico, First see if your OCXs need to be re-registered. To register an OCX, type:

REGSVR32 OCXNAME at the RUN prompt. (OCXNAME is the FULL PATH as well as the OCX file name, like C:\windows\system\mscomm32.ocx).

Then try again to set the file in the Tools/Options/etc. area. If that still doesn't work, you may be able to copy the correct key from another computer. The licensing key is in the HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT in your Registry, subkey Licenses. You should have one starting 'DB4C0.....' Copy JUST that key to a text file, and then import it into your own computer. RegEdit allows you to

Use RegEdit to look at or copy registry keys. RegEdit allows you to export JUST one key, which you can then import on another computer.

Also, when you get everything working, make an export of your registry and put it on a floppy or tape backup!!!

This way, even if the built-in backup gets trashed you've got a starting point to recover from.

HTH
Barbara