Okay, let me try to clarify a couple of points, seeing as your appear not to be a techie :
1. Your friend's app appears to be developed in Visual Basic (the classic versions... 5.0/6.0). As such, this Group does not deal with or discuss those technologies. (Read "obsolete !!"). Your query might have a better chance of being answered in a discussion Group dedicated to VB 6.0) 2. The app seems to use certain ActiveX components or Usercontrols which possibly have either become overwritten or corrupted by a recent installation of some probably unrelated application. Since no one here knows what those components or Usercontrols might be, it would be nearly impossible to troubleshoot the problem. Steffen has posted a link to the MS Support page for this error which should explain that this is a generic error, unfortunately not one where you can pinpoint the problem by looking at the error message. 3. If reinstalling the app has not helped, it may be because Windows will not usually overwrite newer versions of system components unless explicitly instructed to. If it is really very important, you might consider a format and then reinstall of Windows, followed by your friend's app. The easiest thing really is to get in touch with the original developer. Not too many practical options otherwise. Sorry! :-( On Aug 12, 4:54 pm, GiantFlamingo <[email protected]> wrote: > I don't know which control is causing the problem. I am the end-user, > not the developer, in this case. Contacting the developer is not an > option. SO what can I do? > > Sue >
