Help/Faq
Last update: 2006/05/19
While installing my patches, you can encounter errors. Most of these errors relate to missing files you need to install. Full instruction for the most common errors are found below. If an explanation is unclear or you get an other error, please contact me.
There errors are explained in this faq:
This can occur if OCTGN, MtgPlay or MTGIE are not registered in the expected way. To fix this:
  1. Download octgn.reg, mtgie.reg or mtgplay.reg
  2. Open it in a text-edit such as Notepad
  3. If necessary, change the values found in this file. For help on these values check the comments inside the appropriate file
  4. If necessary, rename the file, to have the extension ".reg"
  5. Double click the .reg file and choose "OK" to update your registry.
This file will alter your registration database, so be careful when using them.
I'm not sure what causes this error, but it seemes fixed if you just run the patch again after getting this error. I'm still working on it though.
If you get this error, you don't have DAO 3.6 installed. To solve this problem, you must take a number of steps:
  1. Download dao360.zip (Click here) and unzip it into a temporary directory
  2. Create a directory with the name DAO under C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared
  3. Copy Dao360.dll to this directory
  4. Select Start and Run from the Taskbar to open the Run dialog box
  5. Then type
    regsvr32.exe "C:\Program Files\ Common Files\Microsoft Shared\DAO\dao360.dll"
    Ensure that the file name is specified within quotes. Ignorge the linbreak: everything must be on the same line.
  6. You should get a dialog saying everything is OK
  7. Your done!. If you are still getting the error, please send me an email
You need to install Jet 4.0 Service Pack 7 (SP7). Choose your operating system and download the appropriate files: For more information on this file goto http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=239114#3.
According to Microsoft's site, you probally need to download an update (Click here).
If you still get this error after applying this patch, you probably need to register MSCOMCTL manually.
  1. Download MSCOMCTL.zip (Click here) and unzip it to you system directory. For Windows 9x, and XP this is C:\windows\system32\, for Windows 2000 & NT C:\WinNt\system32\
  2. Select Start and Run from the Taskbar to open the Run dialog box
  3. Then type in regsvr32.exe "mscomctl.ocx"
  4. You should get a dialog saying everything is OK
  5. You're done!
Some people don't have the Visual Basic 6 runtime files wich are required to run this patch. Click here to download them. They are downloaded from microsoft, so the file should be virus-free.
To install the update, simply double-click the file to execute it.
Other problems
If you encouter other problems, please send me an email so I can help you solve the problem and share the solution via this FAQ.