Mscomctl.ocx issues in Windows 8.1 64-bit

Hi,

I appreciate the efforts which you have put to try to resolve the issue. Please write to us with the version of Visual Basic installed on your computer.

A runtime error is a software or hardware problem that prevents a program from working correctly. Runtime errors might cause you to lose information in the file you're working on, cause errors in the file (corrupt the file) so you can't work with it, or prevent you from using a feature.

Click on the link given below and expand the “RESOLUTION” section and Download the Visual Basic 6.0 Common Controls package now.

FIX: The Windows Common Controls Mscomctl.ocx or Comctl32.ocx may cause your application or the Visual Basic 6 IDE to unexpectedly quit, or you may receive a "Divide By Zero" error message

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/896559/en-us

Once you have successfully downloaded the package try to reregister Mscomctl.ocx. You can follow the steps given by k.c.s. in the link below to reregister it.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-windows_programs/mscomctlocx-dependency-error-attempting-to-install/f96acaa3-90d7-437a-a9cc-9130eb17fdb4

Let us know if you still face any issues.

This doesn't help because the post from k.c.s. has dead links. Still looking for a solution . . . 

Coincidentally  MSCOMCTL.OCX  came up yesterday in another thread.  Looks like another solution then would be to get it from a security patch.

http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1-windows_update/figuring-out-why-i-do-not-have-some-kbs/bd1f59c6-bce8-46f2-8b73-cecba52787ed#LastReply

One of our customers of our VB6 application recently got a Microsoft Surface, and the Treeview control is not displaying correctly.  I'll go through all of the steps in this thread, and report back.  I already tried unregistering MSCOMCTL.OCX, replacing it with a newer version, and registering it.

I'm on a loaner Surface Pro 3 for testing, and this is what the TreeView looks like.