Running Optics5 with Microsoft Windows 7 and Vista 64 bit

Running Optics5 with Microsoft Windows 7 and Vista 64 bit

Last Updated: 

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

Software/Versions Affected:

  • Optics›5

In order for Optics5 to run under the Microsoft Vista 64 operating system, several OCX files need to be registered.

We have posted a DOS Batch file here (thank you to Jack de Valpine for creating it) that will register all the appropriate OCX files, called VistaFix64.bat.

  • Download the ZIP file and extract the file it contains (VistaFix64.bat) into your user directory (\users\xxxx).

*** VERY IMPORTANT ***

  • Right click on the VistaFix64.bat file from Explorer and pick "Run as Administrator"

— do this EVEN if you are ALREADY Administrator on your computer !!!!

Here is what the VistaFix64.bat file is doing:

******VistaFix64.bat*******

regsvr32.exe /u /s c:\windows\SysWOW64\comctl32.ocx
regsvr32.exe /s c:\windows\SysWOW64\comctl32.ocx
regsvr32.exe /u /s c:\windows\SysWOW64\mscomctl.ocx
regsvr32.exe /s c:\windows\SysWOW64\mscomctl.ocx
regsvr32.exe /u /s c:\windows\SysWOW64\mschrt20.ocx
regsvr32.exe /s c:\windows\SysWOW64\mschrt20.ocx
regsvr32.exe /u /s c:\windows\SysWOW64\msflxgrd.ocx
regsvr32.exe /s c:\windows\SysWOW64\msflxgrd.ocx
regsvr32.exe /u /s c:\windows\SysWOW64\gridex20.ocx
regsvr32.exe /s c:\windows\SysWOW64\gridex20.ocx
regsvr32.exe /u /s c:\windows\SysWOW64\comdlg32.ocx
regsvr32.exe /s c:\windows\SysWOW64\comdlg32.ocx

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Related Files: 

Package icon Vista 64 Fix ZIP file