Failed to import ActiveX control

I am using VB2005 express and VC#2005 express. With my old friend
VS2003, whenever i needed to add flash to my WInforms, all i needed to
do was to add the control as a com component and drag it on the stage
from the toolbar. Now, when i did the same in new express version,
althogh it is added in the toolbars and the references list, but still,
whenever i try to drag a shockwave flash instance on my win form, i get
the error:
Failed to import ActiveX control, please ensure it is properly registered.
does some one have any idea how to add flash comntrol as we used to do in earlier versions? Please reply this ASAP.
Thanks and regards.
Syed Mazhar Hasan

None of these solutions are working for me.
In VS2005 I'm stuck. I also have VB6 installed, and there the OCX imports fine. In VS2005 I get the above error message, but sometimes I also get a ResolveComReference error.
1) When I go to the obj directories the interop files aren't even generated (so the delete then re-add solution doesn't work for me).
2) running tlbimp on the ocx gives me a TI0000.exe error - Error loading library
3) running aximp on the ocx generates a TYPE_E_CANTLOADLIBRARY error.
This ocx has loaded fine in VS2005 before I reformatted my PC, and loads fine on other machines. VS2005 is local, but our code is on a server share drive, so my first thought was some kind of security settings was messed up, but I moved everything to a local drive and still no dice.
I've also made sure that I have the latest VS2005 service packs, and XP is compeletly up-to-date.
I've been working on this for almost a week with no progress, and I'm getting pretty desperate. Anyone have any other ideas?

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-----Original Message-----
From: Martin Peters [SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, July 27, 1998 10:50 AM
To:
Subject: ActiveX control and Active Server Pages?
Hello Forte users,
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