Error: The ordinal 6880 could not be located in the DLL MFC42.DLL

[rondor]

I know - this is an old problem but still, I can't overcome it:

A year ago I have stared receiving the above application error when
navigate to folders containing AVI files.

Dismissing the dialog is followed by an apparent Windows Explore
crash
and restart.
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The solutions I found in several sites are as follows:

The WinXP file version 6.02.4131.0 *has* the ordinal 6880. Therefore,
you've installed poor software installing an older version of tha
system
file. If you're lucky, that copy was installed in a program folder and
can be deleted. When done, re-register the WinXP system file:
Start Run: regsvr32 %SystemRoot%\System32\MFC42.DLL
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Well, seems i'm not lucky after all..
i found a few MFC42.DLL files with above version.
I renamed 4-5 files that seemed potentially harmful (unde
IBMTOOLS\DRIVERS\Utility, IBMTOOLS\DRIVERS\AUDIO, WINDOWS\SOFTWAR
DISTRIBUTION, WINDOWS\$NINSTALL) left the one under System32 and the
re-registered as above ---NADA!! same problem.

Is there any creative idea?
was it enough to rename or should i delete/remove from thei
directories?

BTW, for the time being, i'm using another file manager instead of th
original Explorer (i use xplorer2) and it doesn't seem to care abou
this bloody MFC42 problem...

Thank

 

[Tim Meddick]

Download a replacement mfc42.dll (xp version: 6.2.4131.0 ) and, as before,
re-register it by issuing the command :

regsvr32 %SystemRoot%\System32\MFC42.DLL

After copying the file to that location.

(*NB make sure WinXP File Protection does not overwrite the newer file with
the old one - if it does - turn off WFP temporarily and delete
%SystemRoot%\system32\dllcache\mfc42.dll)

Download a replacement WinXP mfc42.dll (6.2.4131.0) at :
http://www.4shared.com/file/WXoeCBSY/mfc42.html

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Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.