EHM Freeware on Windows 8 - Registering ocx Files

[Tom Durin]

Hi Folks,

I have serious problems regarding the installation of EHM 1.18 (Freeware) on my Windows 8.1 machine. These seems to be a problem to register the necessary ocx files correctly. The error mesage reads: "The module was loaded but the DLLInstall-Entrancepoint wasn´t found. Please make sure that mci32.ocx is a valid DLL or OCX file." (Errormessage may be found with other words in English - I have the German version).

Any idea how to fix the problem?

TOm

[Primis]

Make sure you're trying to register them under a Command Line as Adminstrator, first of all I guess.

However, the nature of that error leads me to believe one of the files you're trying to register might be corrupted. As long as you're making sure you're opening "Command Prompt (Admin)" from the menu to register them, that's about the only other idea I might have. Maybe trying redownloading the OCX files, replacing them, and try again?

I've successfully registered the OCX files under all of Win 7, Win 8, WIn 8.1, and Win 10 with no problems, so there shouldn't be anything native to them causing problems.

[Tom Durin]

I´ve been trying this under COmmandline as Admin, but no success. I just checked the ocx files, downloaded them again - no success.

Maybe there is something wrong with my command line?

It reads: c:windows\system32>regsvr32 /i d:\spiele\ehm\mci32.ocx

I´ve been trying it in system64, too

[Primis]

I´ve been trying this under COmmandline as Admin, but no success. I just checked the ocx files, downloaded them again - no success.

Maybe there is something wrong with my command line?

It reads: c:windows\system32>regsvr32 /i d:\spiele\ehm\mci32.ocx

I´ve been trying it in system64, too

Why are you including the "/i" flag? You shouldn't need it, from what I know. I've never used the "/i" flag when registering them. *looks it up* Ahh that flag registers it through DLLInstall instead of DLLRegster? I didn't know that was a thing/difference. Thus why DLLInstall is complaining instead of DLLRegister I guess!

Try just:

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c:windows\system32>regsvr32 d:\spiele\ehm\mci32.ocx

... without the "/i" flag ????

[Tom Durin]

Primis,

thanks a lot, now it works. It was the /i flag causing the problem

You saved my day - no - my month.

Now I can continue to play my 9 Seasons and 4 years league on my new pc.

THANKS!!!

Greetings from Germany

Tom

[Primis]

Primis,

thanks a lot, now it works. It was the /i flag causing the problem

Awesome, have fun!

Some of us do really still enjoy the freeware version. I started using the freeware on (I think) a Window 2000 computer and am now on Win 10 and it's one of the very first things I have ported over every single time. I'll be heart-broken if Windows ever advances to a point I can't run freeware EHM anymore.