Windows 10: Old Visual Basic compiled Program. Howto enable on Windows 10/11, Error code 0x8002801c

Hi!I only have an old Visual Basic Program compiled binary. Running this program gave error comdlg32.ocx missing. Found that in VisualBasic6-KB896559-v1-ENU.exe. Since installation failed, because no comdlg32.ocx was installed, I followed advice from here to unpack the installation file, and copy both *.ocx-Files comdlg32.ocx, mscomctl.ocx -- both files were not found on Windows 10/11 to SysWOW64. This part worked. Registering these two files with regsvr32 from SysWOW64 succeeded.Now starting this old VB-program fails with error code 0x8002801c. Since I could not find helpful information to

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Error code 0x8002801c

I put the msflxgrd.ocx file into the C:\windows\sysWOW64 folder.

I ran "regsvr32 c:\windows\sysWOW64\msflxgrd.ocx" and got the message that the file was loaded but the DII Register Server failed with 0x8002801c error code.

 

Compiled Visual Basic Progream Problem from recent MS updates

In early 1960 is when my computer experience began; analog at first then digital a few years later. Using machine language, then assembly code and the FORTRAN life became easier in the computer world. Sometime in the 1970’s my interest in astronomical computing got started and at first it was the old FORTRAN at work, but it was too slow to learn and develop software for long spherical trig equations, so I found BASIC on one of our DEC PDP-11 machines and that made life easier. Then a friend talked me into getting an Osborne PC, that was slow and had limited storage; but had C/PM assembly and BASIC in its floppy disks. Wow, life was easier. Later we all got 286 PCs, then evolved through the versions until some faster more user friendly PCs came along with Windows.

Along the late 1990’s I acquired Visual Basic 4.0 and while using C and other compilers I found VB easier and also could use it at home. Then along came Visual Basic 5.0 Pro and I’ve used it from then on, but lately MS seems to have fun messing with it until it is becoming useless. Usually I find a workaround as Windows evolved, then along came "FREE" Windows 10. Yeah, it’s free okay, but time will tell after having to buy newer software to replace old and reliable programming. I will overcome MS and their incompetent software engineers and make VB5 work again. They can’t keep out hackers so they try to keep us out too.

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Error code 0x8002801c

Hi

I got error code 0x8002801c on windows 10 .

I tried to fix by go to Command Prompt as Admin , type regsvr32 mscomct2.ocx but I got this error message "The module mscomct2.ocx failed to load."

Please advise .

Thank you very much

Nathwadee W.