One or more activex controls could not be displayed in Outlook
2008-03-28 at 10:32 pm databasemindWindows XP SP, Outlook 2003
User was getting error message “One or more activex controls could not be displayed…”.
It is 2 ways to resolve this issue.
1) Check checkbox for “Use Microsoft Office Word 2003 to edit messages” in Outlook’s Tool >> Options >> Mail Format
2)If you don’t want to use Word.
Go to
C:\Documents and Settings\user_name\Application Data\Microsoft\Signatures
Make sure you make a copy of the *.htm signature.
Open htm signature in notepad.
Search for tag <object>.
Delete everything between <object></object> tags, including tags.
Save document. The problem is solved.
Additional resources:
Microsoft Outlook 2003
Microsoft Outlook 2007
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Exactly what I needed it to do! Excellent!