MB.ocx registration failed |
MB.ocx is the ActiveX control that provides minibrowser's core functionality. Minibrowser tries to register this control automatically at startup.
If this control can not be registered at startup. The message "MB.ocx could not be registered" will be displayed instead of the gadget's user interface.
Possible solutions- Just close and reopen the Windows Sidebar (Right click on the sidebar's tray icon and choose Exit, then type "sidebar.exe" in the Start Menu's Search Box). - Perhaps you installed the 32-bit version of minibrowser on a 64-bit version of Windows Vista, or vice versa. Please download and install the correct version. - If possible, change your user account to an Administrator account. - If possible, disable User Account Control (UAC). - Register MB.ocx manually using regsvr32.exe. Instructions follow. Registering MB.ocx manually1. Go to Start | All programs | Accesories 2. Right click Command Prompt and choose "Run as Administrator" 3. In the command prompt enter the following command to change to the directory where minibrowser is installed (Replacing <user name> with you current user's name. ):
cd \Users\<user name>\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Sidebar\Gadgets\minibrowser03.gadget
4. Enter the following command.
regsvr32 MB.ocx
5. A message should be shown telling you that "DllRegisterServer in MB.ocx succeeded.". 6. Close and reopen the Windows Sidebar.
Minibrowser should now function correctly. |