Controls.man repeating system alert

Hi,

I search and read the faq, but I did not find an answer. Sorry.

I installed 3.5 on m system. All fine, except one annoying thing.

Starting XP I always get the system alert that a file has been replaced.

"controls.man"

How can I get rid of this?

I checked the event viewer and found this, sorry German, but you will get the point:

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Source SidebySide

In der Assemblierung "x86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.2600.2180_x-ww_a84f1ff9" fehlen Dateien, oder die Dateien sind ungültig. Die Wiederherstellung der Assemblierung ist fehlgeschlagen.

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I traced it down with installing and checking EVERY single entry.

I installed one file/ mod, reboot, check.

Now I got it.

There are two files comctl32.dll (win32) and comctl32.dll (SXS).

The one wih SXS ist givving me trouble. It is 4.4MB and ist installing files with the name comctl32.dl4, comctl32.dl8 and so on.

INstalling this file "comctl32.dll (SXS)" always brings up a message that Controls.man has to be reinstalled and causes this Event viewer entry SIDEBYSIDE.

1) Waht is that thing?

2) What is it used for?

3) How do I get rid of the error? I fixed it by uninstalling the comctl32.dll (sxs). But what else is a asolution?

Greets.

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Hmm, just so you know, flyakite's currently AWOL.

I know that comctl32.dll deals with the open/save dialogs, but that's about the extent of my knowledge. I'm not sure what the SXS thing is, but it really is best to leave it uninstalled if it's causing that much trouble.

-NC

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