CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


We consent to the use in this Post-Effective Amendment No. 11 to Registration
Statement No. 33-63685 of Morgan Stanley Capital Opportunities Trust, formerly
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Mid-Cap Equity Trust, on Form N-1A of our report
dated January 8, 2002, incorporated by reference in the Prospectus and appearing
in the Statement of Additional Information, and to the references to us under
the captions "Financial Highlights" in the Prospectus and "Custodian and
Independent Auditors" and "Experts" in the Statement of Additional Information,
both of which are part of such Registration Statement.




Deloitte & Touche LLP
New York, New York
January 29, 2002