
Microsoft is not extending the Mainstream Support phase for Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 in any way. Typically, the Visual Basic 6.0 IDE or the website installs these files on the development system. Type this cmmand: regsvr32 i MSCOMCTL.OCX Hit ENTER. The Visual Basic 6.0 Runtime Extended Files include select ActiveX control OCX files, libraries, and tools that are delivered together with the Visual Basic 6.0 IDE media and as an online release.
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Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 has transitioned to Extended Support which runs through March 31, 2008. How to r-register MSCOMCTL.0CX from an eIevated command prompt (Windws XP, Vista, 7, 8, and 10): Hit the Windows Start button In the search box, type command (do not presss ENTER yet) While holding CTRL-Shift, hit ENTER. However, we are releasing this non-security related package because it contains improvements that were ready for release just prior to the end of Mainstream Support.


The first version of MSCOMCTL.OCX was released for the Windows XP Operating System on inside Office XP. It is classified as a Win32 DLL (Dynamic link library) file, created for MSCOMCTL by DeskShare Inc. Mainstream Support for Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 ended on March 31, 2005. MSCOMCTL.OCX uses the OCX file extension, which is more specifically known as a Windows Common Controls ActiveX Control DLL file.
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This package will not install these Common Controls if they do not already exist on the target system. Copy file mscomct2.ocx to the installation directory of the program that is requesting mscomct2.ocx.

This package updates two Microsoft Visual Basic 6.0 Common Controls: mscomctl.ocx and comctl32.ocx to address the issues described in the KB articles noted in the Related Resources section on this page.
