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Geek Culture / msvcrt.dll problem

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bibz1st
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Posted: 27th Jan 2010 22:52
After (foolishly) trying to upgrade to DirectX 10 on XP I cant open more than one folder at a time without getting some kind of warning message about some "entry procedure in msvcrt.dll" and then all my open apps closing and dumping me back to the desktop, replaced the msvcrt.dll but it hasnt completely worked, I still get a runtime warning and still get dumped back to desktop, short of reinstalling XP I dont know what to do.
Any ideas
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NeX the Fairly Fast Ferret
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Posted: 27th Jan 2010 23:21
This suggests that something else is trying to use nonexistant functions in msvcrt.dll.

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Indicium
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Posted: 27th Jan 2010 23:22
First thing i would do is system restore.

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zeroSlave
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Posted: 27th Jan 2010 23:39
Possibly rundll not able to find an entry point into the dll?

I second Mad Nightmare's suggestion.

I would also suggest uninstalling directx 10 and then installing 9.0c after the system restore before reinstalling of Windows.

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bibz1st
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Posted: 28th Jan 2010 18:10
Damn! I have sys restore turned off (lesson learnt)
My pc still works as normal except for instance if I open a folder and theres a subfolder inside then I get the problem, after dumping to desktop all the icons refresh and i can carry on providing I only open one folder at a time, I have resorted to using FreeCommander just so I can search and root about in folders.
I was under the impression you couldnt uninstall DX10
zeroSlave
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Posted: 28th Jan 2010 18:22
Quote: "I was under the impression you couldnt uninstall DX10"


I just did a quick search for it and found what is below. I wouldn't normally suggest editing your registry, but if you are planning on reinstalling Windows, there isn't much to lose from it:

Quote: "Officially, the only way to get rid of DirectX is to either use System Restore to roll back to the time when you still did not have this version of DirectX on your system, or to reinstall your system. Many third party uninstallers are also available but most of them are buggy and cannot be recommended without proper testing. Using one of these may cause you to end up with more problems. So, the best way to get rid of DirectX is to remove it manually.

To do this, open the Registry Editor by running Regedit from Start > Run. Next, navigate to the following registry key.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\DirectX

Here, delete the DirectX folder, exit the Registry Editor, and restart your XP computer. During the system startup, after the restart, your system will reinstall DirectX 8.1 that is originally shipped with the Windows XP operating system. To confirm this, run the dxdiag command from Start > Run. The command will open the DirectX Diagnostic Tool utility. This utility provides you with a lot of information about DirectX installed on your computer along with the version currently installed on your system."


from: http://www.instant-registry-fixes.org/how-can-i-uninstall-directx-9/


Anways, I hope you are able to get it resolved!

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bibz1st
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Posted: 29th Jan 2010 21:14
cheers for the help, I will give that a go coughmist

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