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Microsoft Windows Common Controls 6.0 for Office 2016

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Wednesday, April 6, 2016 3:02 PM

Hi all,

I'm looking to add the Microsoft Time and Date Picker Control in Excel 2016, as was possible in earlier versions.   In Office 2013, you had to download and register the Microsoft Windows Common Controls 6.0 (SP6) to access this feature, but now I can't find it anywhere.  Several places have links to it that all seem to be broken.

Any suggestions as to where to find these controls, or is there an alternative way to add a pop-up calendar to a cell in Excel?

Thanks!

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Thursday, April 21, 2016 7:58 AM âś…Answered | 2 votes

Hi MG,

You can download Microsoft Windows Common Controls 6.0 from this link:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=10019

But the requirement didn't tell us if Office 2016 can use it.

You may need to try to do a experiment.

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Tuesday, November 7, 2017 4:05 PM | 3 votes

The below worked for me on 64 bit windows 8.1. I am using office 365.

For 32-bit OS

  1. Download VisualBasic6-KB896559-v1-ENU.exe from  https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=10019
  2. Use 7-zip and extract the file MSCOMCTL.OCX  to c:\windows\system32
  3. Open cmd as administrator
  4. Type Regsvr32 "C:\Windows\System32\MSCOMCTL.OCX"

For 64-bit OS

  1. Download VisualBasic6-KB896559-v1-ENU.exe from  https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=10019

  2. Use 7-zip and extract the file MSCOMCTL.OCX to c:\windows\SYSWOW64

  3. Open cmd as administrator

  4. Type Regsvr32 "C:\Windows\Syswow64\MSCOMCTL.OCX"

    Microsoft Reference document:

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2597986/ms12-060-description-of-the-security-update-for-office-2010-august-14

    Regards

    Bala

Thursday, October 17, 2019 9:11 PM

This does not work for Office 2016 or any of the 365 versions.

Saturday, October 19, 2019 12:10 PM

The below worked for me on 64 bit windows 8.1. I am using office 365.

For 32-bit OS

  1. Download VisualBasic6-KB896559-v1-ENU.exe from  https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=10019
  2. Use 7-zip and extract the file MSCOMCTL.OCX  to c:\windows\system32
  3. Open cmd as administrator
  4. Type Regsvr32 "C:\Windows\System32\MSCOMCTL.OCX"

For 64-bit OS

  1. Download VisualBasic6-KB896559-v1-ENU.exe from  https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=10019

  2. Use 7-zip and extract the file MSCOMCTL.OCX to c:\windows\SYSWOW64

  3. Open cmd as administrator

  4. Type Regsvr32 "C:\Windows\Syswow64\MSCOMCTL.OCX"

    Microsoft Reference document:

    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2597986/ms12-060-description-of-the-security-update-for-office-2010-august-14

    Regards

    Bala

Thank you very much! This worked for me with the following configuration:
office 2016, Win 7 64 Bit

Additionally I copied the file in system32 directory, then it worked correct.

I got the failure by transmitting the document from office 2010 to 2016.