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Error starting program: "The COMCTL32.DLL file cannot start"
The links below have not helped me to resolve the problem with regards to the
"The COMCTL32.DLL file cannot start, Check the file to determine the problem" error message at Windows startup in safe mode. http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=298343 http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=137273 I renamed the COMCTL32.DLL file to COMCTL32.old and extracted a new COMCTL32.DLL file from the win98_27.cab cabinet file in the CD to the c:\windows\system directory when following the recommened resolution in the first link above. However, this problem still exists at startup in safe mode. By replacing or substituting the COMCTL32.DLL file with the commctrl.dll file as stated in the second link above, only just compounds the problem further as it will then report a COMCTL32.DLL system file not found message at startup in Windows 98SE. The file I extracted from the CD to the c:\windows\system folder was originally named kommctrl.dll and then I renamed it commctrl.dll as mentioned in the instructions. The commctrl.dll and comctl32.dll files are currently listed in my c:\windows\system directory @ 155,136 bytes and 577,808 bytes respectively. The commctrl.dll file was originally named kommctrl.dll and was extracted from the precopy1.cab file. I noticed that there is a commctrl.dll file of 48,112 bytes size in the precopy1.cab file. The links above do not refer to this file. This file is not found on my hard disk. Anyway, I tried everything at this stage and I still haven't sorted or fixed the problem. Microsoft probably needs to come up with another resolution to this problem as the other proposed resolutions in the two links above are simply not working. Does this error refer to starting Internet Explorer or the Windows program. If it refers to IE, would it be possible to uninstall this program in DOS or can it only be done in Add/Remove programs in Windows? Once again I would appreciate if anybody else has any other ideas to fix this error message before I proceed with a reinstallation. Thanks Martin Healy |
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