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How to fix “Component comdlg32.ocx or one of its dependencies not correctly registered – a file is missing or invalid” on windows

by | Feb 1, 2017 | Technology | 3 comments

  1. Check if you have the files already:
    1. For 64-bit check in C:\Windows\SysWOW64\
    2. For 32-bit check in C:\Windows\System32\
    3. If you are unable to locate the files, then please download them here and place them in their respective directories
  2. Locate cmd.exe and Run it as an Administrator by right-clicking on it and selecting the option to
  3. Now execute the following command to register the dependency for 64-bit or 32-bit respectively
    1. regsvr32 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\comdlg32.ocx
    2. regsvr32 C:\Windows\System32\comdlg32.ocx

3 Comments

  1. Anonymous on December 25, 2017 at 4:11 AM

    THANK YOU, HELPED

    Reply
    • Anonymous on September 20, 2018 at 4:32 AM

      Thanks!! It worked.

      Reply
  2. Tushar Sharma on April 8, 2018 at 1:35 AM

    It’s showing error “this file does not have a program associated with it for performing this action. Please install a program or, if one is already installed, create an association in the default programs control panel.”
    Now what should I do for this?

    Reply

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