Microsoft KB Archive/317976

= FIX: You may receive a &quot;Component 'DiffMergeCtl.ocx' or one of its dependencies not correctly registered&quot; error message when you use Visual InterDev 6.0 after you install and then remove Visual Studio .NET =

Article ID: 317976

Article Last Modified on 1/20/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Enterprise Architect
 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Enterprise Developer
 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Professional Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2002 Academic Edition
 * Microsoft Visual C++ .NET 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual Basic .NET 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual C# .NET 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual J# .NET 2003 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q317976



SYMPTOMS
You may receive the following error message:

Component 'DiffMergeCtl.ocx' or one of its dependencies not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid.



CAUSE
You may receive this error message when you are using Visual InterDev 6.0 after you install and then remove Visual Studio .NET.



RESOLUTION
To work around this problem, re-install Visual InterDev 6.0. If you receive the error message that is listed in the &quot;Symptoms&quot; section with a product other than Visual InterDev 6.0, re-install that product.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed in the &quot;Applies to&quot; section. This bug was corrected in Visual Studio .NET (2003), Visual C++ .NET (2003), Visual Basic .NET (2003), Visual C# .NET (2003), and Visual J# .NET (2003).

