Microsoft KB Archive/163060

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ODE97: Uninstalling ODE Tools Breaks 32-bit Visual Basic Pro 4.0

Article ID: 163060

Article Last Modified on 2/20/2004

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APPLIES TO

• Microsoft Office 97 Developer Edition
• Microsoft Visual Basic 4.0 Professional Edition

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This article was previously published under Q163060

Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.

SYMPTOMS

If you uninstall (remove) Microsoft Office 97 Developer Edition (ODE) from a computer that has Microsoft 32-bit Visual Basic Professional Edition, version 4.0 installed, you may receive the following error messages the next time that you start Visual Basic:

'comdlg32.ocx' could not be loaded -- Continue Loading Project?
'richtx32.ocx' could not be loaded -- Continue Loading Project?
'comctl32.ocx' could not be loaded -- Continue Loading Project?
'dblist32.ocx' could not be loaded -- Continue Loading Project?

CAUSE

This problem occurs when you perform the following events in order on your computer:

1. Install Microsoft Office 97 Developer Edition.
2. Install Microsoft 32-bit Visual Basic Professional Edition, version 4.0.
3. Uninstall Microsoft Office 97 Developer Edition.

The Setup program for Microsoft Visual Basic version 4.0 does not register its dependency on the ActiveX control files that both applications share. When you uninstall the ODE Tools, there is no indication to the ODE Tools Setup program that another application is using the ActiveX control files, so Setup removes them.

RESOLUTION

You must uninstall Microsoft 32-bit Visual Basic Professional Edition, version 4.0, and then reinstall it.

1. Start the Setup program for Microsoft Visual Basic.
2. When the installation maintenance screen appears, click Remove All. Confirm that you want to remove the application.
   
   NOTE: If you just click the Reinstall button to reinstall Visual Basic, you will receive this error message before Setup is finished, and Setup will fail:

   VBCustom_Controls_Actions_Reg_Comdlg was unable to register itself in the system registry.

3. Run Setup to reinstall Microsoft 32-bit Visual Basic Professional Edition, version 4.0.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

1. Run Setup for Microsoft Office 97 Developer Edition Tools (ODE Tools), and perform a Complete installation.
2. Run Setup for Microsoft 32-bit Visual Basic Professional Edition, version 4.0, and perform a Complete installation.
3. Run the ODE Tools Setup program again. When the installation maintenance screen appears, click Remove All. Confirm that you want to remove Microsoft ODE Tools.
4. After ODE Tools is removed from your computer, start Visual Basic. Note that you receive the error messages.

Additional query words: VB removing comdlg32 ocx richtx32 ocx comctl32 ocx dblist32 ocx

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb KB163060

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