User interface fails to start...

[Me]

I get this error:

339::ln 0:Component 'COMDLG32.OCX' or one of its
dependencies not correctly registered: a file is missing
or
invalid::GIANTAntiSpywareMain:MDIfrmMain:LoadHeader::1/12/
2005 8:47:20 PM:XP:1.0.501

I am running XP SP 2 with all the current updates. Any
pointers on how to resolve this issue? The scan is
performed ok, and I get the summary page, but when I try
to look at the details, I get this error.

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Go to a command prompt in the system32 subdirectory under your Windows
install, and do:

regsvr32 comdlg32.ocx

and hit enter.

See if this re-registers the file and fixes the issue.

If it does not, because this file is not in your system, you can replace it.

If you run the Microsoft Antispyware installation executable with a -a
switch, giving it a dummy location to "install" to, it will create a set of
files which are used in the installation process. Search this subdirectroy
you've created for this file, and copy or move it to \%windir%\system32 and
then run the command I mentioned above.

I've not described these steps in detail, I'm afraid. Feel free to write
back if this is totally bewildering and daunting.

 

[Me]

When I try to register the dll I get this error:

comdlg32.ocx was loaded, but the DllRegisterService entry
point was not found. This file can not be registered.

So this does look like a corrupted dll... where else can
I get that? I checked in the dllcache directory, and
there is no comdlg32.dll in there... so it looks like
it's really the one in c:\windows\system32 that is
screwed.

I tried using -a (and /a), but the installer reports that
this is not a supported commandline switch.

Thanks,
Sven

 

[Bill Sanderson]

Remember that you are looking for comdlg32.OCX, rather than .dll.

The -a switch should work with "microsoftantispywareinstall.exe"--you'll
need to extract that from the .ZIP before you can apply the switch.

 

[Guest]

Yep... I found one on my other XP systems and copied if
over. Everything is working fine now...

Is the AntiSpyware installer trying to replace this? If
it is, something went clearly wrong on my system... this
is now working fine...

08/03/2004 11:56 PM 276,992 comdlg32.dll
08/03/2004 11:56 PM 276,992 comdlg32.dll.orig
05/22/2000 04:58 PM 140,488 COMDLG32.OCX
08/29/2002 02:40 AM 258,048 comdlg32.ocx.orig

Thanks,
Sven

-----Original Message-----
Remember that you are looking for comdlg32.OCX, rather than .dll.

The -a switch should work

with "microsoftantispywareinstall.exe"--you'll

 

[Bill Sanderson]

The question is what is blowing it away. You've got a version I've not
seen--the 2002 dated one, but I've only looked at my own machine in terms of
this issue, so far.