By trying to activate any of our (or any other for that matter) software you get an error message, something like, "NCTAudioRecord2.dll" not registered..." this means that a supporting dll file was not properly recorded/ registered within the Windows Registry during the setup/ install process or for some other reason (such as you have installed then maybe uninstalled similar software that uses the same supporting files).

Most of you have probably experienced DLL Hell, though you may not have heard of it described as such. If not, you've probably heard horror stories from friends or colleagues.

The story goes something like this:

Ring ring, ring ring...

"Good afternoon, Code-it Software, Mike speaking. How can I help?"
"Uhm, your program doesn't work on my system anymore."
"What seems to be the problem?"
"I don't know - it was working yesterday. There's an error message that pops up saying a file is not registered - it just doesn't work and I am a registered user."

Congratulations. You've just become another victim of DLL Hell.

The short of it...
"All it takes is a single DLL, VBX or OCX to be missing, or present in an older version... for an application to fail."

Most likely, another program installed an older DLL, VBX or ActiveX file on their system. OR maybe a newer, but incompatible version. OR a conflict due to an incompatible DLL already loaded in memory OR the PATH environment setting changed. OR the file was not properly registered in the registry OR a required file is missing OR you installed software that uses the same supporting file(s) then you did an uninstall OR many other reasons!

As you can see, you can literally spend HOURS trying to figure out what is wrong with your machine, and why the application will no longer run. Probably, yet another reason to consider running Linux to get away from the Windows Registry stupidity?

It is not unusual for users to reinstall software - either during a system upgrade or to change configurations. In many cases users would install software that included an older version of a dll (i.e. commdlg.dll) on a system that already contained a newer version. This would cause the more recently installed version to replace the newer version. As soon the user attempted to run the program that required the newer version, problems would occur ranging from operational difficulties to general protection faults.

There are hundreds of DLLs, VBXs and OCXs that may be shared by literally thousands of applications. All it takes is a single DLL, VBX or OCX to be missing, or present in an older version (or even an incompatible newer version), for an application to fail. 

Now you kind of know what might happen to make this software no longer run. Here's most likely all you'll have to do to get it back.

Click START >CONTROL PANEL>ADD or REMOVE PROGRAMS>THE PROGRAM NAME>CHANGE 

When the Repair Wizard activates (screen shot below) - merely click the REPAIR button. This will re-register all the supporting dll files, for the selected software, within the Windows Registry.

If for some reason this process does not work - do an uninstall then re-install the setup file.