M Mikey weston Sep 21, 2004 #1 Almost every program I attempt to run gives me the message "Cannot find rundll32.exe" And I have no clue how to fix it.
Almost every program I attempt to run gives me the message "Cannot find rundll32.exe" And I have no clue how to fix it.
C Carol2 Sep 21, 2004 #2 What antivirus program did you install? Did you previously have AV software installed, & did you turn it off prior to the new install? Remember..... You can't run more than 1 AV program at a time. They won't play nicely together. HTH, Carol2
What antivirus program did you install? Did you previously have AV software installed, & did you turn it off prior to the new install? Remember..... You can't run more than 1 AV program at a time. They won't play nicely together. HTH, Carol2
V Vicky Vale Sep 21, 2004 #3 Sounds like you removed a virus which was run whenever you started up programs. if you are comfortable with regedit follow these instructions to check my theory. click start -> run -> regedit if regedit doesn't start and you get same error as previous then rename c:\windows regedit.exe to regedit.com and try running now. look for this HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command the entry should be (default) REG_SZ "%1" %* If not, change it to this. if you had to rename regedit then now change it back.
Sounds like you removed a virus which was run whenever you started up programs. if you are comfortable with regedit follow these instructions to check my theory. click start -> run -> regedit if regedit doesn't start and you get same error as previous then rename c:\windows regedit.exe to regedit.com and try running now. look for this HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\exefile\shell\open\command the entry should be (default) REG_SZ "%1" %* If not, change it to this. if you had to rename regedit then now change it back.
