Hi Simon,
No problem, lets solve this one item at the time... I'm glad the first is resolved.
Now for Particle+, my first guess would be that you are missing MSCOMCTL.OCX or COMDLG.DLL, so check if that one is available on you system... its not included in the VB6 runtime.
Check also:
http://angrybyte.com/windows-hacks/msco ... s-7-vista/
Following is a list of dependencies that Particle+ is using (listing on a Win7 x86 machine):
Side-by-Side components (Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/+)
[F ] d:\windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_5.82.7601.17514_none_ec83dffa859149af\COMCTL32.DLL
[F ] d:\windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.7601.17514_none_41e6975e2bd6f2b2\COMCTL32.DLL
[F ] d:\windows\winsxs\x86_microsoft.windows.gdiplus_6595b64144ccf1df_1.1.7601.17825_none_72d273598668a06b\GDIPLUS.DLL
The system's "KnownDLLs" list
[F ] d:\windows\system32\ADVAPI32.DLL
[F ] d:\windows\system32\CFGMGR32.DLL
[F ] d:\windows\system32\CLBCATQ.DLL
[F ] d:\windows\system32\COMCTL32.DLL
[F ] d:\windows\system32\COMDLG32.DLL
[F ] d:\windows\system32\CRYPT32.DLL
[F ] d:\windows\system32\DEVOBJ.DLL
[F ] d:\windows\system32\DIFXAPI.DLL
[F ] d:\windows\system32\GDI32.DLL
[F ] d:\windows\system32\IERTUTIL.DLL
[F ] d:\windows\system32\IMAGEHLP.DLL
[F ] d:\windows\system32\IMM32.DLL
[F ] d:\windows\system32\KERNEL32.DLL
[F ] d:\windows\system32\KERNELBASE.DLL
[F ] d:\windows\system32\LPK.DLL
[F ] d:\windows\system32\MSASN1.DLL
[F ] d:\windows\system32\MSCTF.DLL
[F ] d:\windows\system32\MSVCRT.DLL
[F ] d:\windows\system32\NORMALIZ.DLL
[F ] d:\windows\system32\NSI.DLL
[F ] d:\windows\system32\NTDLL.DLL
[F ] d:\windows\system32\NTDLL.DLL
[F ] d:\windows\system32\OLE32.DLL
[F ] d:\windows\system32\OLEAUT32.DLL
[F ] d:\windows\system32\PSAPI.DLL
[F ] d:\windows\system32\RPCRT4.DLL
[F ] d:\windows\system32\SECHOST.DLL
[F ] d:\windows\system32\SETUPAPI.DLL
[F ] d:\windows\system32\SHELL32.DLL
[F ] d:\windows\system32\SHLWAPI.DLL
[F ] d:\windows\system32\URLMON.DLL
[F ] d:\windows\system32\USER32.DLL
[F ] d:\windows\system32\USP10.DLL
[F ] d:\windows\system32\WININET.DLL
[F ] d:\windows\system32\WINTRUST.DLL
[F ] d:\windows\system32\WLDAP32.DLL
[F ] d:\windows\system32\WS2_32.DLL
Be sure they are available and registered.
Please let me known the outcome.
With best regards,
ShAdOwHuNtEr