About this tag
Discussions about component access on WindowsForum.com focus on troubleshooting issues where applications fail because they cannot locate or load required system components, such as ActiveX controls (.ocx files) or their associated language files (.mui). A recurring example involves tools crashing in Windows PE environments due to missing hhctrl.ocx and hhctrl.ocx.mui files, which are part of the Windows Help system. Users seek manual assignment or workarounds to resolve these access problems without reinstalling the application. The tag covers scenarios where component access failures occur during startup or runtime, often in custom or minimal Windows deployments like WinPE.
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    Windows 10 Prgm crashes because of missing *.ocx and *.ocx.mui files in WinPE - Manual assignment possible?

    I used a utility for years without problems on Win7 and Win10. Recently I wanted to add it now to an USB flash drive which boots into a Windows 10 WinPE environment. Unfortunately the tool crashes with the popup notification: "The code execution cannot proceed because hhctrl.ocx was not...
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    • 32-bit 64-bit activex component access environment variables error file bundling flash drive help system hhctrl.ocx installation manual assignment missing files software compatibility system crash system32 troubleshooting utility windows 10 winpe
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    • Forum: Windows Help and Support