all right i went into my system32 folder, found all the different .OCX files that were causing my problems
(for instance in DarwinBots i would click "new simulation", and the above error would show, but when i did something else, such as hit the "zoom out" button, another run time error '339' would pop up but with a different file name as "missing"... )
now on these files, in my system32 i could right click and one of the options under this menu was "Register this Component", but when selected, the following error message would show up.
the module "[crazy Japanese looking letters]" failed to load
Make sure the binary is stored at the specified path or debug it to check for problems with the binary or dependent .DLL files.
The specified module could not be found.
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sucks
i checked out the link and it had high hopes but ended up not helping, thanks though.
any suggestions?