Microsoft KB Archive/180996

ErrMsg Unable to Create ActiveX Control

PSS ID Number: Q180996 Article last modified on 08-19-1998

WINDOWS:2.0,4.0,4.01

WINDOWS

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The information in this article applies to:

 Microsoft NetShow version 2.0 for Windows 95 == Microsoft Internet Explorer versions 4.0, 4.01 for Windows 95 == 

= SYMPTOMS =

When you click a link on a Web page that attempts to start NetShow Player, you may receive the following error message:

Unable to create ActiveX Control

= CAUSE =

This behavior can occur if the Dciman.dll file located in the Windowsfolder is missing or damaged.

= RESOLUTION =

Rename the Dciman.dll file (if it exists). To do so, follow these steps:

  Click Start, point to Find, and then click Files Or Folders.   In the Named box, type “dciman.dll” (without quotation marks), click drive C in the Look In box, and then click Find Now.   If the Dciman.dll file is found, right-click it, and on the shortcut menu click Rename. If the Dciman.dll file is not found, skip to step 6.   Type a new name for the Dciman.dll file (such as Dciman.xxx), and press ENTER.   Close the Find window. </li>  Extract a new copy of the Dciman.dll file from your original Windows 95 disks or CD-ROM to the Windowsfolder. The Dciman.dll file is located in the following locations:  The Win95_08.cab cabinet file on the Windows 95 CD-ROM.</li> The Win95_11.cab cabinet file on the Windows 95 OEM Service Release 2 (OSR2) CD-ROM.</li> The Win95_08.cab cabinet file on disk 8 of the original Windows 95 DMF floppy disks.</li> The Win95_13.cab cabinet file on disk 13 of the original Windows 95 non-DMF floppy disks.</li></ul>

For information about using the Extract tool, see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: ARTICLE-ID: Q129605 TITLE : How to Extract Original Compressed Windows Files </li>  Restart your computer. </li></ol>

= MORE INFORMATION =

For information about other issues that can occur if the Dciman.dll file is missing or damaged, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

ARTICLE-ID: Q139806 TITLE : Err Msg: MMSYSTEM266 The Device Could Not Be Loaded…

= Additional query words: 2.00 4.00 4.01 =

Keywords : kberrmsg Component : netshow Version : WINDOWS:2.0,4.0,4.01 Platform : WINDOWS Issue type : kbprb ============================================================================= Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1998.