Error In Even Viewer -- WindrvNT

[Jack Gillis]

There is an error which shows up in the Event Viewer. It is about the
Service Control Manager and its ID is 7000. The description is:
The windrvNT service failed to start due to the following error:

The system cannot find the file specified.

The system runs fine with no apparent problems. How do I go about clearing
this error.



Thank you very much.

 

[Rey Santos]

windrvNT is NOT a Windows file, it installs when Folder Lock
(http://www.newsoftwares.net/folderlock/) is installed OR Folder lock is used
on a USB falsh drive connected to the computer.

Uninstall and reinstall might correct the problem.

 

[Jack Gillis]

Thank you.

I removed Folder Lock from my system months ago, maybe even late last year.
Is there some other program that would have installed it? Thank you. again.

 

[Rey Santos]

When Folder Lock is used on a USB flash drive connected to the computer
windrvNT gets installed on the computer. Do you still use the drives used
when Folder Lock was installed? The problem is the service is being started
but could not start because a file is missing. The unisntall you made maybe
did not complete. Install and uninstall could solve the problem. Another
thing that could solve the problem is stopping the service: Start > Run, type
services.msc. Locate the service which is something like WindrvNT Service or
Folder Lock Service, double click it, in the Service Properties "Startup
type:" choose Disabled (its running Automatic thus the problem).

 

[Jack Gillis]

Thanks again.

Neither Windrvnt or Folder Lock show up in Services.msc. However, Windrvnt
shows up in a couple of places in the registry. I think I may try backing
up the registry and then deleting the instances.

It is no big problem but it does bug me to have it flagged as an error in
the event viewer

 

[kale]

There is an error which shows up in the Event Viewer. It is about the
Service Control Manager and its ID is 7000. The description is:
The windrvNT service failed to start due to the following error:

The system cannot find the file specified.

The system runs fine with no apparent problems. How do I go about clearing
this error.



Thank you very much.

Late reply but perhaps usefull for some else in the future. I had exactly the same problem and found a way to fix it. Re-installing and uninstalling does not work. In fact the later Folder Lock 7 will create another error. This does work.

The windrvNT service error/problem occuring after uninstall of Folder Lock can be solved with the help of 'Autoruns for Windows'. It is part of the Sysinternals Suite and can be found on the Microsoft website. You can download it seperate or as part of the Sysinternals Suite.

Autoruns for Windows:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb963902

Sysinternals Suite:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/

Autoruns for Windows comes as executable packed in a zip archive, it needs no install, just extract all files to a folder and run the 'autoruns.exe'.

To disable the 'windrvNT service' run 'autoruns.exe' and click on the 'Drivers' tab, then look for the line:

- windrvNT File not found: C:\WINDOWS\system32\windrvNT.sys

Uncheck the checkbox in front of this line. Close Autoruns for Windows and you are done!

No more errors in system log.

Good luck, Kale