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InitCommonControls function (commctrl.h)

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Registers and initializes certain common control window classes. This function is obsolete. New applications should use the InitCommonControlsEx function.

Syntax

void InitCommonControls();

Return value

None

Remarks

Under Comctl32.dll version 5.x, only Windows 95 classes (ICC_WIN95_CLASSES) can be registered through InitCommonControls. Programs which require additional common control classes must use the InitCommonControlsEx function.

Under Comctl32.dll version 6.0 and later, InitCommonControls does nothing. Applications must explicitly register all common controls through InitCommonControlsEx.

Requirements

Requirement Value
Minimum supported client Windows Vista [desktop apps only]
Minimum supported server Windows Server 2003 [desktop apps only]
Target Platform Windows
Header commctrl.h
Library Comctl32.lib
DLL Comctl32.dll
API set ext-ms-win-shell-comctl32-init-l1-1-0 (introduced in Windows 10, version 10.0.10240)