UPDATE: : Orphaned Registry Keys are the issue
Note: If you can figure out a way to restore functionality without removing the update please post a comment below. This blog will be updated on a regular basis as new information is made available. The procedure on Windows 8.1, and Windows 7 is different. This will prevent it from being auto-reapplied: If the KB is in this list, you may selected it and then click through the wizard. If running Windows 10, you’ll have to download the wushowhide.diagcab file from here:Ĭlick Next, To Block the update if already un-installed, choose the hide option and then you’ll be presented with a list of updates that have NOT YET BEEN APPLIED to your machine.
To Block the update on Windows 10 you now have to download a special tool since Microsoft removed the built-into-the-os version of the feature. Note: Depending on your windows update settings, it may almost immediately attempt to RE-INSTALL the update, so it is important that when this step is complete that you do not unnecessarily delay before performing the next step of blocking the update. Select the Security Update for Microsoft Office _ (KB_) that matches your version of Office and the KB# that updates mscomctl.ocx, then click the Uninstall button at the top of the screen. To remove the already installed update type “View installed updates” into your search bar and open the View installed updates applet:
How to Remove and Block the KB on different Windows Versions Windows 10 / Office 2016 32-bit example Until then, the approach to remove the update is different depending on the version of the operating system that you have installed. Blue Link is working on a permanent fix that will allow the application to work with the new version of the control in place. Users of Blue Link Elite that are affected will see an “Object doesn’t support this property or method” error message when they launch the software: “The OpenForm action was canceled” followed by:Īs of this writing, the temporary work around is to un-install this update. This time, that work around does not appear to work. A simple work around of registering an old version and re-registering the current version typically worked to fix the issue. Microsoft had previously “broken” this control before, however last time it happened, the issue was with the registry. In all cases, the update replaces mscomctl.ocx with a new version. Security Update for Microsoft Office 2016 (KB2920727) 32-Bit Edition: Link: Security Update for Microsoft Office 2013 (KB3039794) 32-Bit Edition: Link: Security Update for Microsoft Office 2010 (KB2881029) 32-Bit Edition: Link: The ones that I have encountered so far include: The update has a different title / KB # depending on the version of Microsoft Office you have installed. This week’s Microsoft Security update includes a breaking change to MSComCtl.ocx located on most computers in C:\Windows\SysWow6432\mscomctl.ocx.