You receive a "The ActiveX control '<The control inserted>' could not be instantiated" error message when you try to place an ActiveX (OLE) control on a dialog box template in Visual C++

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This article was previously published under Q155059

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SYMPTOMS

On a machine with Visual C++ installed, when you try to place an ActiveX (OLE) control on a dialog box template, you see a message box stating:

The ActiveX control "<The control inserted>" could not be instantiated because it requires a design-time license.

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CAUSE

There are two known causes for this message being displayed:

Installing Visual C++ with USER privileges causes this problem because it prevents the installation of Visual C++ from adding several entries in the Registry.
The registry is corrupted.

The controls that may display this problem include:

Anibutton
COMMON DIALOGS
Desaware Mist
Grid
ImageList
Key State
Lead Std
ListView
Microsoft Comm
Microsoft MAPI Message
Microsoft MAPI Session
Microsoft Masked Edit
Microsoft Multimedia
Microsoft Rich Textbox
MSDataCombo
MSDataList
Outline
PicClip
PICS Data Edit
Pinnacle-BPI Graph
ProgressBar
ProtoView Diagramming Control (IDO)
Sax Basic Engine Control - Foundation
Sheridan Tabbed Dialog
Slider
SpinButton
Stack
StatusBar
Stylus Visual Voice for TAPI
TabStrip
THREED CHECKBOX
THREED COMMAND BUTTON
THREED FRAME
THREED GROUP PUSH BUTTON
THREED OPTION BUTTON
THREED PANEL
Toolbar
TreeView
VideoPlay

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To resolve this problem, reinstall Visual C++. If you are installing on a Windows NT or Windows 2000 computer, then you must be logged on as an administrator. If your registry has been corrupted, install all software that may have been affected, including the operating system if necessary.

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