Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls" (6.0.0.0) (for Wine)

Gordon Darling

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Feb 17, 2011, 7:30:42 PM2/17/11

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I've got a couple of programs that are bitching about missing
"Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls" (6.0.0.0)" when I try to install them.

Anybody got a direct download link for this Microsoft file so I can
install it with Wine?

Or any other suggestions?

Regards
Gordon

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Parko

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Feb 17, 2011, 10:50:17 PM2/17/11

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On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:30:42 +0000, Gordon Darling wrote:

> I've got a couple of programs that are bitching about missing
> "Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls" (6.0.0.0)" when I try to install
> them.
>
> Anybody got a direct download link for this Microsoft file so I can
> install it with Wine?
>
> Or any other suggestions?
>
> Regards
> Gordon

Try: gmane.comp.emulators.wine user

http://gmane.org/

works well with Pan

Doug Laidlaw

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Feb 18, 2011, 2:46:42 AM2/18/11

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Parko wrote:

There is also comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine, but it seems to be pretty dead
these days.

From Googling for Wine + "Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls" it seems to be
a Visual Basic issue. I got quite a few hits. There was a long thread
about iTunes, but the reference was not obvious. They seemed to be saying
that you needed to pick the version of Windows you were emulating. You can
do this on a per-app basis in winecfg.

Doug.

Keith Willis

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Feb 18, 2011, 10:14:58 AM2/18/11

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On 18/02/11 00:30, Gordon Darling wrote:
> I've got a couple of programs that are bitching about missing
> "Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls" (6.0.0.0)" when I try to install them.
>
> Anybody got a direct download link for this Microsoft file so I can
> install it with Wine?
>
> Or any other suggestions?

When I got fed up with Wine, I installed VirtualBox, then installed
WinXP in a VB machine. Works wonderfully with everything I've thrown at
it except one 1980s-era DOS-based game which locks it up solid :)

Gordon Darling

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Feb 18, 2011, 1:05:49 PM2/18/11

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On Fri, 18 Feb 2011 15:14:58 +0000, Keith Willis wrote:

> On 18/02/11 00:30, Gordon Darling wrote:
>> I've got a couple of programs that are bitching about missing
>> "Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls" (6.0.0.0)" when I try to install
>> them.
>>
>> Anybody got a direct download link for this Microsoft file so I can
>> install it with Wine?
>>
>> Or any other suggestions?
>
> When I got fed up with Wine, I installed VirtualBox, then installed
> WinXP in a VB machine.

Have VBox installed (with win2K, winXP, win7 virtual machines) but I
still have a couple of programs I use Wine for since they start much
faster and a whole MS OS for one program is overkill!

Anyway thanks to all who responded with suggestions.

Bit Twister

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Feb 18, 2011, 4:53:43 PM2/18/11

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On 18 Feb 2011 18:05:49 GMT, Gordon Darling wrote:
>
> Have VBox installed (with win2K, winXP, win7 virtual machines) but I

Been thinking of installing win7 as a guest. What win7 did you install?

Gordon Darling

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Feb 18, 2011, 7:19:32 PM2/18/11

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