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I've just discovered HMBA no longer shows buttons on the Toolbar - it's entirely blank. Quite strange, as it was fine two weeks ago and I've not done any kind of system updates recently.

I remember this problem showing up periodically in the forums, but don't know if anyone ever solved it definitively.

Attempting to customize the toolbar shows only 6 items in the "available buttons not now visible" box, and NOTHING in the "currently visible buttons" box. Also, clicking the Add/Remove/MoveUp/MoveDown buttons appears to have no effect. Examining HMBA.ini, the [Toolbar] section shows "BigScreen=ABCDZEFIZGZKLZMNOZPZSWUVZ" so there *should* be more than a few buttons visible.

I've tried renaming/deleting the INI file, as well as the "regsvr32 mscomctl.ocx" command, and while I didn't get any errors, the problem isn't fixed either.

Finally, my OS is XP service pack 3, so this isn't any oddness related to Vista or Win7

Suggestions, anyone?

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Mike

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Don't know that I've heard of that, especially with XP. I'd try re-installing, failing that, downloading and installing the runtimes separately (under "What if this doesn't work about 2/3 the way down the http://www.heavymetalpro.com/vista.htm page).

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Re-installed HMBA, restarted system, still no toolbar buttons.

Installed the runtimes as directed, restarted system, still no toolbar buttons.

(sigh) I hate situations like this. It's not the application's fault - especially when there haven't been major updates in years, like the HM programs. Therefore it's a Windows problem, but just try getting Microsoft to answer any questions when the application wasn't written by them. Frequently the only fix that works is a from-the-top-down complete OS reinstall. And I really am not in the mood for that.

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