After installing engineering software Protool v6.0 sp3 on a new laptop with windows 7 64 bits , we have the following error when we try to open it :

COMOCX2.OCX could not be loaded .

What could we do ?

Thank you

Hello,

use a operation systemm which is compatible with ProTool.
Win7 x64 is not compatible!

Regards

Christoph

Hi!

You could try to set the Compatibility mode of the Protool.exe file to "Run this program in compatibility mode for: Windows XP (SP2)."   (right click on the file / Properties/ Compatibility)

However, it is very risky to use an old software on a new OS. Try a virtual machine with an older OS instead. 

Kahl

Hi!

You could try to set the Compatibility mode of the Protool.exe file to "Run this program in compatibility mode for: Windows XP (SP2)."   (right click on the file / Properties/ Compatibility)

However, it is very risky to use an old software on a new OS. Try a virtual machine with an older OS instead. 

I try a PtoTool/Pro installation Win7 by using separate tricks and cheats that was found in the WWW.

After a while, ProTool seems running, but than runtime and simulator was not working.

My experience is, that it is waste of time to try a PoTool installation on Win7 OS.

Just use the Virtual PC (XP-Mode), free of charge from Microsoft.

Installation of ProTool/Pro V6.0 SP3 is running very well on virtual XP - machine.

it worked after doing the following:   1. set the compatibility mode of the Protool.exe file to Windows XP (SP3).   2. did the same for the Protool shortcut to open the engineering software which worked only from outside the simatic (standalone).   3. reinstalled the simatic software and some of it components, because its shortcut was not doing anything.   thank you