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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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Article ID:155059
Last Review:January 11, 2006
Revision:5.0
This article was previously published under Q155059

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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RESOLUTION

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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REFERENCES

For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
151804 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/151804/) PRB: Dynamic creation of redistributable control fails

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APPLIES TO
•Microsoft Visual C++ 4.0 Standard Edition
•Microsoft Visual C++ 4.1 Subscription
•Microsoft Visual C++ 4.2 Enterprise Edition
•Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Enterprise Edition
•Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Enterprise Edition
•Microsoft Visual C++ 4.2 Professional Edition
•Microsoft Visual C++ 5.0 Professional Edition
•Microsoft Visual C++ 6.0 Professional Edition
•Microsoft Visual C++, 32-bit Learning Edition 6.0
•Microsoft Visual C++ 2005 Express Edition
•Microsoft Visual C++ .NET 2003 Standard Edition
•Microsoft Visual C++ .NET 2002 Standard Edition

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Keywords: 
kberrmsg kbtshoot kbcontainer kbsetup kblicensing kbprb kbdlg KB155059

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