The following window class names are provided by the common control library.
| Class name | Description |
| ANIMATE_CLASS | Creates animation controls. These controls silently display an Audio Video Interleaved (AVI) clip. |
| HOTKEY_CLASS | Creates hot-key controls. These controls make it easy for the user to define hot keys. |
| PROGRESS_CLASS | Creates progress bars. These controls indicate the progress of a lengthy operation. |
| STATUSCLASSNAME | Creates status windows. These controls display status information in a horizontal window. |
| TOOLBARCLASSNAME | Creates toolbars. These controls contain buttons that carry out menu commands. |
| TOOLTIPS_CLASS | Creates tooltip controls. These controls display a small pop-up window containing a line of text that describes the purpose of a tool in an application. |
| TRACKBAR_CLASS | Creates trackbars. These controls let the user select from a range of values by moving a slider. |
| UPDOWN_CLASS | Creates up-down controls. These controls combine a pair of arrows with an edit control. Clicking the arrows increments or decrements the value in the edit control. |
| WC_HEADER | Creates header controls. These controls display headings at the top of columns of information and let the user sort the information by clicking the headings. |
| WC_LISTVIEW | Creates list-view controls. These controls display a collection of items, each consisting of an icon and a label, and provide several ways to arrange the items. |
| WC_TABCONTROL | Creates tab controls. These controls define multiple pages for the same area of a window or dialog box. Each page consists of a set of information or a group of controls that an application displays when the user selects the corresponding tab. |
| WC_TREEVIEW | Creates tree-view controls. These controls display a hierarchical list of items. Each item consists of a label and an optional bitmap. |