not able to open VB project, getting error “C:\windows\system32\mscomctl.ocx” could not be loaded

Question

I have a VB project was able to work without any issues, but now when i open the project i am getting the error with mscomctl.ocx. I have re-registered the ocx but still am not

Answer 1

I was having this issue when I open the project on Windows 7 64-bit environment, it works correctly on win XP machine. I did a very simple change in project file earlier it says

Object={831FDD16-0C5C-11D2-A9FC-0000F8754DA1}#2.1#0; MSCOMCTL.OCX

I changed 2.1 to 2.0 because I have seen it like that in many forums and it worked like charm. The updated reference in VBP file is

Object={831FDD16-0C5C-11D2-A9FC-0000F8754DA1}#2.0#0; MSCOMCTL.OCX