How do I fix the error “Cannot load control SSPanel; license not found” in VB6 program

Question

I have a VB6 legacy program which I need to change. I am unable to run the program from the IDE. When I activate one of the forms in the IDE I get an error which refers me to an

Answer 1

I registered the DLL using cmd window (run as administrator):

%systemroot%\SysWow64\regsvr32 threed32.ocx

Then using the folder that VB6 was stored in

(\Visual Basic 6\en_vb6_ent_cd1\Common\Tools\VB\controls)

I ran vbctrls.reg

The error is gone and my old programs that have ThreeD Panel now load and run properly.