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Cannot find shell.dll
Name: Neil Keller Date: October 20, 2004 at 23:43:11 Pacific OS: Windows XP Home Edition - CPU/Ram: Pentium4/1024
Comment:
When I attempt to run an application that has been working fine suddenly I get the message "Cannot find shell.dll" When I close it I get a message that the application will not run.
A search shows shell.dll present in C;\Windows\System. Is that the proper place for it or should it be in C:\Windows\System32?
I know this has come up before, but I would like to know the latest fix on this before I start doing anything.
Name: HiJinx Date: October 20, 2004 at 23:50:57 Pacific
Reply:
I have it in both system and system32. Try copying it (instead of moving) to system32. If you're still getting the error message, try start>run and typing in:
regsvr32 shell.dll
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Response Number 2
Name: salgolf Date: October 21, 2004 at 06:12:59 Pacific
Reply:
I too have it in both. They appear to be identical files.
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Response Number 3
Name: Neil Keller Date: October 21, 2004 at 16:14:07 Pacific
Reply:
I copied shell.dll from Windows\System to Windows\System32 and the program ran immediately.
Evidently some Trojan/Virus must have deleted it and the path specified Windows\System32.
Many thanks to both of you who replied so promptly..........Neil
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