How to open OCX file?
The software referred to as OCX Opener allows you to freely work with OCX files, including opening their contents. The first thing you should check is that you have the software to handle the OCX file installed. After clicking, your OCX file should open in the program that is assigned as default for handling OCX files on your device. Sometimes, however, various problems arise, below you will find the instructions that you should follow.
Open OCX files in 9 steps
In case it is not possible to open the ActiveX Control file without additional steps, follow the steps below
- Make sure that the operating system where you are trying to open the ActiveX Control file is supported by it. Files with the OCX extension may not be supported by the operating system you are using.
- No default Microsoft Windows application in the system or Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Visual Studio will prevent you from opening OCX files. If there is no such program, install it (or download it earlier).
- Make sure that one of the Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Visual Studio programs is the default application for opening OCX files in the system. If this is not the case, you should manually set the program, preferably by editing the properties of the ActiveX Control file and displaying the applications available on the system that allow you to open it. On the list, search for one of the Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Visual Studio applications and confirm.
Software programs that open OCX file extension
- If the ActiveX Control file has been downloaded from the Internet or copied from another medium, it may be corrupt. In this case, although one of the Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Visual Studio programs is installed, the ActiveX Control file cannot be opened. Re-downloading or copying the file may fix the problem.
- If it turns out that the ActiveX Control file contains a virus, it will usually be impossible to open it. In this situation, it is recommended to scan all data media in the system for viruses.
- The ActiveX Control file may be saved in a way that is no longer supported. Sometimes it happens that despite the OCX extension, such files contain data saved in a way that prevents them from being opened by Microsoft Windows or Microsoft Visual Basic, Microsoft Visual Studio.
- To open the ActiveX Control file, the current version of the program in which we want to open it is required. Determine the version of your program and, if necessary, install the latest one.
- In some cases, the user initiates the opening of the file with a shortcut that leads to a location where it is not present.
- The inability to open the ActiveX Control file may be due to restrictions imposed on the user by the system administrator.
Useful tools
If, after performing the above steps, you still have problems opening the OCX file, you can try using some tools available on the web. The list below presents web pages that specialize in opening OCX files.
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