Download the Comdlg32.ocx file and save it to C:WindowsSystem32. Open a Command Prompt windows as Adminstrator: type the following commandin the window: REGSVR32 C:WindowsSystem32comdlg32.ocx. If you see a message like this you have successfully install it: DllRegisterServer in C:WINDOWSSystem32comdlg32.ocx succeeded. Join or Log Into Facebook Email or Phone. How to activate / re-register MSCOMM32.OCX from an elevated command prompt (Windows XP, Vista, 7, and 8): Click the Start button. Type “command” in the search box DO NOT hit ENTER yet! While holding CTRL-Shift on your keyboard, hit ENTER. You will be prompted with a permission dialog box. Comdlg32.ocx is a CMDialog ActiveX Control DLL from Microsoft Corporation belonging to CMDIALOG This is an ActiveX control which usually comes with Visual Studio 6.0/Visual Basic 6.0 and is used for showing common dialogs like open or save. Comdlg32.ocx is a system process that is needed for your PC to work properly.
Today when I run an old tool on my x64 Windows 7, following error message is displayed:
Comdlg32.ocx Windows 10 64 Bit
Component ‘COMDLG32.OCX’ or one of its dependencies is not correctly registered: a file is missing or invalid.
Here is how to resolve comdlg32.ocx missing error.
Comdlg32.ocx Windows 10
- Download comdlg32.zip and extract comdlg32.ocx from zip file
- Move comdlg32.ocx to c:Windowssystem32 folder. For 64bit Vista/Win7, move comdlg32.ocx to c:WindowsSysWOW64
- Open a command line window and run following command:
Note: a) On 64bit Vista/Win7, run this command instead:
b) For Vista/Win7 with UAC turn on, the above command needs to be run from elevated command prompt.
- Once comdlg32 is registered successfully, following message will prompt, DllRegisterServer in C:WINDOWSSystem32comdlg32.ocx succeeded.
- Now launch the application again you should not see file missing error.
Update: Important note if you use Windows 7: registering comdlg32.ocx must be done as administrator, or regsvr32.exe will fail with error 0x8002801c. To do this as administrator, Go to All Programs -> Accessories -> Command Prompt’, right click on ‘Command Prompt’ icon, and click on ‘Run as administrator’ to start a command prompt, then run the regsvr32 command