It says it can delete it , but this is not fully safe. Does anyone know what it is used for,or can I delete it?
2007-06-02 12:36:01 · 6 answers · asked by Judy B 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Software
Well best I can tell it is a multimedia control file. If it is corrupt it probably isn't working anyway. So you probably can delete it.. worst case you will have to reload the program that uses it.
If you want to see what effect it may have just rename it to say MC132BACKUP.ocx restart your machine and see if it all seems to work.
Since it appears to be in your system 32? folder you might can just run SFC (system file checker) and let windows replace it.
I dont even find it on my machine.
2007-06-02 12:48:44 · answer #1 · answered by Tracy L 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
An OCX is an Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) custom control, a special-purpose program that can be created for use by applications running on Microsoft's Windows systems. OCXs provide such functions as handling scroll bar movement and window resizing. If you have a Windows system, you'll find a number of files in your Windows directory with the OCX file name suffix. So I would have to say no, you can't remove it, as you don't know what it is or what it does.
I seriously mistrust any registry cleaner except Microsoft's Live OneCare Cleanup Scan, as it doesn't come back and tell me that I need to screw around with the registry or remove files, or anything else. It just removes junk from the registry that collects there over time. I tried a lot of those so-called "registry cleaners" and was told I had anywhere from 60 to 6,000 registry errors. Since I knew that was wrong, I never used them again. If you are interested in trying Live OneCare, here's the link. It's very fast and very efficient
http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/center/cleanup.htm
The specific combination you gave does not produce any search results, and if it was a genuine registry error, it would.
2007-06-02 12:52:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
It appears to be a linked activeX function used with Visual Fox Pro and also Visual Basic. I would be very skeptical of registry cleaners, there is a reason they put a disclaimer in the setup or splash page. I would leave it alone. If you are having other applications issuing complaints about it, try and re-register it in the registry. Here's how.
First, find the file in explorer, right click it and select open with.. You will get a window listing programs to use, none of those. Select the browse for other programs button and look in the \system32 directory for regsrv32.exe and select it as the open with program. Click OK., and you should get a message about it being opened and registered. If you get an error message, reboot and try again. If it truly is corrupted and won't register, select it and view it's properties. Record the version and do a google for it. There's lot of places you can download it from for free.
2007-06-02 14:07:18 · answer #3 · answered by THE ONE 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a corrupted windows file. Usully it gets corruted by installing bad videocodecs, bad audio codecs, etc. Just cuz something sounds cool on the net, doesn't mean its a good product. You might try a repair install or a scandisk/sfc
2007-06-02 12:42:12 · answer #4 · answered by Harrison H 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It looks like a system file. Re-install windows and it will take care of the problem.
2007-06-02 12:42:03 · answer #5 · answered by blondie0016 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Quarantine the item and then look it up at http://www.sysinfo.org
2007-06-02 12:40:53 · answer #6 · answered by ? 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋