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rundll32 and Win32 applications
I been having problems loading system programs in my control panel such as sound, security center, keyboard, screensaver and others. Get "rundll32.exe is not a valid win32 application."
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10-23-2009, 04:33 AM
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Re: rundll32 and Win32 applications
Hello and Welcome to TSF,
Try restoring windows to an earlier time or running a repair on the windows.
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10-23-2009, 12:54 PM
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Re: rundll32 and Win32 applications
i dont have any restore points before the problem happened. my computer didn't come with a vista dvd but it does have a recovery partition. is there a repair on that? trying to avoid doing a complete recovery losing everything.
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10-24-2009, 12:28 AM
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Re: rundll32 and Win32 applications
Running a repair should not cause you to lose anything.
Go here for instructions on how to: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/w...sked-questions Tip: See if a friend or family relative has a copy of vista you may borrow?
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10-24-2009, 01:16 PM
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Re: rundll32 and Win32 applications
ok i got a copy of the recovery from vistax64 and ran a startup repair but it said there was nothing to repair. i saw somewhere on the forums about sfc checker. what exactly is that? i did run that and got some errors that windows couldn't fix.
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10-24-2009, 07:17 PM
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Re: rundll32 and Win32 applications
Your on the right track, excellent!
Could you list the errors in your next post?...all of them.
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10-25-2009, 02:55 AM
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Re: rundll32 and Win32 applications
What service pack do you have installed?
Have you had trouble getting windows to update?....sp1?....sp2? or any other windows updates?
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10-25-2009, 01:05 PM
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Re: rundll32 and Win32 applications
yeah i have been having problems with 3 updates. i have sp1 installed. the 3 i cant install are sp2, security update for SQL server 2005 SP3 and business contact manager for office. i tryed different ways to install sp2 but no luck. says i dont have sp1 installed but sp1 came pre installed and cant uninstall to do a fresh install.
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10-25-2009, 03:17 PM
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Re: rundll32 and Win32 applications
Do this here:
Run chkdsk: start search box type: cmd right click and run as administrator type: chkdsk /f /r (space between k and /, space between f and /) Type: Y press enter on keyboard restart computer After running chkdsk, defrag the harddrive several times until it runs fast Now run SFC /scannow again. Post back with the results.
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10-26-2009, 06:36 PM
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Re: rundll32 and Win32 applications
ok i ran chkdsk and it said no bad sectors and everything was clean. but for some reason defrag wont load. no errors come up or nothing. i have a different program called auslogics and ran defrag through there a couple times but not sure why windows defrag wont load. and now sfc checker wont run..the cmd comes up saying verification process started then shuts off. tryed it in safemode but no luck. the cbs logs changed to todays dates but they might say the same thing.
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Re: rundll32 and Win32 applications
This is suggestion here:
How would it be to reinstall windows on the computer since you have a disc? Is that the correct windows disc you have for the windows that is installed on the computer? Dont do it yet, just asking you a question here? another words how much trouble would it be for you?...how much information you have saved on the harddrive? Do you have the product key also to the computer?
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10-27-2009, 04:52 PM
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Re: rundll32 and Win32 applications
was thinking about a recovery and just putting my files on an external hard drive but i dont really want to if its only the last resort. i do have the key but i dont think i would need it since the recovery is built in and wouldnt be doing a fresh install. what other system diagnostic tools are out there for my kind of problem?
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10-27-2009, 05:21 PM
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Re: rundll32 and Win32 applications
Hi stick with Riskyone101 he is keeping you on the correct path he has also got you to use the proper diagnotics for this issue.At this point you may be only putting of the inevitable
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Re: rundll32 and Win32 applications
Thank you joeten,
Do the recovery it should fix the issues you are having with windows.
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Re: rundll32 and Win32 applications
Well let us know how it goes after the reinstall?
We can keep thread open in case of if there is any other problems you may have.
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Re: rundll32 and Win32 applications
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I strongly advise that you find time to do the re-install and soon. The one file from a few posts back had 640 lines in it; 619 were errors just like these - Code:
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(f) CSI Payload File Missing 0x00000000 migwiz.exe.mui x86_microsoft-windows-m..plication.resources_31bf3856ad364e35_ (f) CSI Payload File Missing 0x00000000 MIGUIRes.dll.mui x86_microsoft-windows-m..plication.resources_31bf3856a (f) CSI Payload File Missing 0x00000000 MigAutoPlay.exe.mui x86_microsoft-windows-m..plication.resources_31bf3856a (f) CSI Payload File Missing 0x00000000 migsetup.exe.mui x86_microsoft-windows-m..plication.resources_31bf3856a (f) CSI Payload File Missing 0x00000000 langreg.h1s x86_microsoft-windows-help-langreg.resources_31bf3856ad364e35_ (f) CSI Payload File Missing 0x00000000 WlanMmHc.dll.mui x86_microsoft-windows-w..lperclass.resources_31bf3856a (f) CSI Payload File Missing 0x00000000 WinSAT.exe.mui x86_microsoft-windows-w..smenttool.resources_31bf3856ad364e35_ It looks like someone/ something went into the \windows\winsxs folder and did some cleaning. There are 1,000's of files showing "missing". I would re-install as soon as possible as hardware may be a factor here as well. A re-install may help to determine which. Regards. . . jcgriff2 . Last edited by jcgriff2; 10-31-2009 at 02:37 PM. |
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