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Dynamic-link library (also written without the hyphen), or DLL, is Microsoft's implementation of the shared library concept in the Microsoft Windows and OS/2 operating systems. In the broader sense of the term, any data file with the same file format can be called a resource DLL.

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ICSharpCode.sharpziplib.zip.zipexception. Cannot find central directory

Every time we run a certain commercial software in a Windows Server 2019 we get a pop-up window with this error: ICSharpCode.sharpziplib.zip.zipexception. Cannot find central directory It looks like ...
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32-bit software accessing files from system32 folder instead of syswow64 folder in Windows 10 64-bit

I installed a 32-bit application on Windows 10 64-bit and it installed dll files in the syswow64 folder, but while running, it accesses files from system32 folder instead of the syswow64 folder. The ...
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how to fix dll registration error with msi?

there is a setup file created by installshield, so used silent switch and deployed the application. newer version of same exe is available now, when deployed with silent switch, during upgrade it is ...
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oleaut32.dll missing some deps

I try to run app on Windows 10 PC. The app depends on oleaut32.dll - but it seems oleaut32.dll itself misses some deps: Some of them for ex. api-ms-win-core-wow64-l1-1-0.dll are present in system ...
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Is the msvcr71.dll present in Windows 2012 and higher versions by default?

Giving some background on the problem. We have the windows zip utility packaged along with our product. This zip utility is called from one of our product scripts and is used to package some log files....
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How to solve problems with AppxPackaging.dll (Windows App Certification Kit)?

We receive the follow error message on building an UWP application. Task 'ValidateAppxManifest' failed. Retrieving the COM class factory for component with CLSID {5842A140-FF9F-4166-8F5C-...
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Is there a Windows Command Line utility or DLL to convert URL text to clickable Hyperlinks in PDF files?

I'm editing an ASP Classic application that uses a DLL called PDFLib to import existing PDF files, make modifications, and generate new PDF files. The problem is that any URLs that were in the source ...
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Windows Server 2016 how to unlock DLL

I've a Windows Server 2016 installation with Exchange 2016. I need to unblock a downloaded DLL as asked into this guide. In Windows Server 2012, you need to right-click and then click to UNBLOCK. In ...
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Application crashing on kernelbase.dll - is it possible to re-register?

we have an application that has crashed (twice this year) and customer wants it investigated. Faulting application name: inRiver.Server.exe, version: 6.3.0.16292, time stamp: 0x58060362 Faulting ...
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WARNING: WMI ProgID registrations missing

I started one of my windows server 2012 R2 virtual machines today and got the following warning: WARNING: WMI ProgID registrations missing At first I only saw a vague error in the server manager: ...
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Windows Credential Provider - HTTP Request to authorize from third party

I have created a custom credential provider, but don't know how to authenticate this user from some other server. I now need to send HTTP Request to the server with the password entered by user, and ...
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error registering dll in server 2012

I am trying to register a 32 bit com.dll in sysWOW64 C:\Windows\SysWOW64>regsvr32 xxx.dll i have copied the dll in both the folders SysWOW64 and System32 it shows error like The module "xxx....
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Windows Server 2012 R2 Cannot register certain DLLs

I'm having an issue with a Windows Server 2012 R2 server I've inherited. It started when I was trying to figure out a problem with VSS which didn't allow it to take a backup. One of the suggestions ...
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How do I setup a 32-bit DLL on 64-bit Windows Server 2012 R2 for Powershell?

I am in the process of upgrading some dated VBScript automation for Powershell on one of our servers running Windows Server 2012 R2. Currently, I'm working on replacing a script that requires the ...
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What does regsvr32 do?

To register a DLL file on a windows server using regsvr32, do you first need to move the file to your system32 folder or is that actually done automatically once you call the regsvr32 command? If I ...
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how i can know when a new version of a file has been copied

I am working on windows server 2012 R2. now I have the following case:- Inside IIS I have a .dll file named project.dll .created on 1/1/2016 , last modified on 1/7/2016. I took a copy of this file. ...
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IIS 10.0 error 2280 while executing 32 bit

While trying to make a local deploy of a rest-api that requires to be executed on 32bit, the server stops the application pool under witch it runs. The events viewer: error while loading "C:\...
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How do you manually install an Active-X control to be used by Internet Explorer?

I have the cab file which contains an OCX file, a DLL file, and a setup.inf file. An example of the inf file would be *; INF for whatever [version] signature="$CHICAGO$" AdvancedINF=2.0 [Add.Code]...
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DLL files are incorrect size when uploaded to server via FTP

I've set up a new server with FTP access. However I have noticed that when uploading .dll (.net assembly) files via FTP, the destination file is a different size to the original file. This seems to ...
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Event error: Windows cannot query DllName registry entry for {...}

My Windows event log is full of Application Errors like: Event Type: Error Event Source: Userenv Event Category: None Event ID: 1041 Date: 2016-03-07 Time: 11:19:36 AM User: NT ...
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unable to load dll 'olepro32.dll' the specified module could not be found

When running a custom windows forms application, I get this error, unable to load dll 'olepro32.dll' the specified module could not be found. From some searching, this seems to be a Windows system ...
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SQL Server 2012 Native Client returns missing DLL error on install

OS: Windows 7 Pro SP1 Whenever I try to install the SQL Server 2012 Native Client x64 the install process gets to the end, the "removing backup files" stage then throws up this error: "There is a ...
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ntdll.dll access violation error

we did an in-place upgrade of a windows 2003 server to windows 2008 server. After the upgrade, couple of windows services stopped working. The error i am getting in the event viewer looks like this: ...
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Bad Gateway! when calling a cfx dll on ColdFusion 11 IIS 8.5

I am getting a Bad Gateway! error when running a ColdFusion page that calls a C++ dll. The CF administrator runs and other pages with cfx dll calls run. The ColdFusion is 32bit because the DLLs are ...
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Error loading dll from an executable on Windows Server 2008

I received an executable which uses .NET to load a dll and perform some database migration tasks. When I tried to run it, I was greeted with the following error: !!! System.IO.FileLoadException: ...
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Install RSClientPrint for Reporting Services 2012 using .bat file and still be able to use 2005

I have a Reporting Services 2005 server that when users accessed it and tried to print reports would get a message asking them to install the print control, which they could not do because of lack of ...
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How do I know if a DLL is registered?

When you are registering a DLL in old machines (Windows XP), regsrv always says that the registration was sucessful. This happens even if the user doesn't have permission to register. With the name ...
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What happnes/might happen if I try to register a dll that is already in registry? [closed]

My TFTP server will not start on a windows 2003 server. I'm guessing the application won't start because the .dll is not registered. I have dug out all .dll files with TFTP in their name. When I ...
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Program Missing DLLS

Recently one of the programs on my server (PWsvr.exe) has stopped working. I opened the program in dependency walker to see if it is missing any required files, and dependency Walker said that GPSVC....
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DllRegisterServer in C:\WINNT\system32\inetsrv\inetmgr.dll failed

Upon opening the Internet Information Services Manager I get the following error "MMC could not create the snap-in" Upon looking around I found that running the following command regsvr32 %windir%\...
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The following files didn't self register or unregister: Error0x0

Hi I'm using Windows 2008 Enterprise R2 VM and when I reinstall Delmia Process engineer I get: The following files didn't self register or unregister: C:\DELMIA\PPRServer\win_b64\code\bin\...
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faulting application winword.exe

everybody at our company works on the domain but recently some useres have started having trouble with word saying that there is a problem with word and asking them whether they want to send an error ...
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Find dll being accessed by RegOpenKey in Process Monitor

I'm trying to find out which dll file is causing my problems. I'm using Process Monitor. It lists the Operation RegOpenKey and an error "NAME NOT FOUND" for the result, but doesn't tell me what that ...
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Access Denied registering DLL under Windows 7 Embedded

In setting up a Windows 7 Embedded system, I need to run a couple old installers that register DLLs. These are failing--some with errors and some just exit without apparently doing anything. One ...
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windows 2003 server missing dllcache folder, how to restore?

Recently our Windows 2003 server has started giving a "Could not start the security center service error". I looked into this and realized a windows dll was missing called WSCSVC.dll I then realized a ...
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Windows Server 2003/Terminal Services - DLL Caching?

Does Windows Server 2003 cache specific DLLs on a per-user basis when in a terminal server environment? Back-Story: We recently had to update some DLLs for our application, and a couple clients are ...
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How can I install qedit.dll to Windows Server 2008 R2 Sp1

I need to install qedit.dll to windows server 2008 R2 SP1 Can you help me with this ? I tried 2 dll file. One from my local computer which is windows 7 sp1 and another one I downloaded from internet....
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Why would REGSVR32 not find a DLL that is clearly there?

I'm installing a custom application on a brand new Windows 2003 Server. A couple of DLLs need to be added and registered, and I have copied them to the server in the C:\WINDOWS\System32 folder -- ...
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Registered password filter on Windows 2008 never fires

I've written a custom password filter for Windows Domain Controllers (a passfilt.dll) and registered it according to the instructions (put it in the system32 folder and updated the registry key) But ...
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Viewing a Server's GAC from another machine using Windows Explorer doesn't see all the DLL's

When I view a Windows Server's GAC (through Internet Explorer) I can see all the dll's that have been registered for the cache. However, when i navigate to the same location from another server, some ...
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Running application as user: MSComm32.ocx error

(I'm not sure this is the best place to ask this question, so if not, please redirect me to it) I'm setting up a new win2008R2 terminal server and am having issues with an application that runs fine ...
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How to register a DLL using PowerShell without RegAsm

I have an ASP Classic application which references some Visual Basic 6.0 COM objects. One of these Visual Basic 6.0 COM objects reference another third-party DLL. The third-party DLL needs to be ...
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View all registered DLLs on Server 2008

I would like to see if DLL registration was successful on a Windows Server 2008 machine. Is there any way to view a list of all registered DLLs?? Thanks!
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Remove reference of a DLL - IIS

Good night. I am having an annoying problem with a DLL. Well, i needed to make a test with two different versions of a DLL on an application on IIS. I renamed the original dll Primavera.ERPOnline....
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Software updates and locked EXEs/DLLs

I have a question on how to best deploy/update a software package on a Windows server that is used by several users across the network. We are in charge of updating a software package on a regular ...
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Sharepoint web part fails intermittently

I have a MOSS 2007 environment, 2 web servers and a DB server, load balanced between the two web servers. I deployed a web part recently, which worked fine for a while, but failed on web server 2 ...
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Comparing DLL sets from the same app on two different machines

Is there a good way to compare the DLLs loaded between two machines running the same app. (And to replicate the process between N other machines, two at a time?) Background: I am trying to track down ...
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How to uninstall DLL from assembly folder? Permission denied when uninstalling DLL from GAC

I am trying to uninstall a DLL from the C:\Windows\Assembly "folder" on Windows Server 2008, but am getting a "permission denied" error. How do I go about removing a DLL without uninstalling the ...
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Invoking a COM Server Dll on a 64-bit Windows Machine

I originally posted this on StackOverflow, but I thought maybe ServerFault could be a better audience: I have 32-bit COM exe (written in FoxPro). This exe invokes a 32-bit COM dll (also written in ...
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IIS 7.5 doesn't cache 3rd party dll on recycle?

I have a really annoying problem. I have an application (.net 3.5) running within IIS7.5. Normally when I recycle an application it takes some time the first time you surf to the application. I'm used ...
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