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Guest TripleTaco
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My wordpad is not working. Just start happening the other day.

 

I tried running regsvr32 %systemroot%\System32\Mshtml.dll. It responded

with the error: C;\WINDOWS\System32\Mshtml.dll was loaded, but the

DllRegisterServer entry point was not found. This file can not be registered.

 

what's wrong with my PC? Oh yes, wordpad seems to work in safe mode.

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Guest Detlev Dreyer
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Re: WORDPAD not responding

 

"TripleTaco" <TripleTaco@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> My wordpad is not working.

 

Why. Any error message?

> I tried running regsvr32 %systemroot%\System32\Mshtml.dll. It responded

> with the error: C;\WINDOWS\System32\Mshtml.dll was loaded, but the

> DllRegisterServer entry point was not found. This file can not be registered.

 

Who told you to do that. Note the this file cannot be registered that

way since IE7.

> what's wrong with my PC? Oh yes, wordpad seems to work in safe mode.

 

If Wordpad works in Safe Mode, the problem is caused by another software

(malware) most likely.

 

"How to perform a clean boot in Windows XP"

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353/en-us

 

"How to troubleshoot by using the System Configuration utility in

Windows XP" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310560/en-us

 

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d-d

Guest TripleTaco
Posted

Re: WORDPAD not responding

 

 

I don't know why it is not working. It comes up when you click on a file

associated to it and you can see the file. You try to scroll or modify the

file and it hems and haws around and then just says not responding and says

it has to end. No error messages that I remember.

 

I was a little worried that I might be corrupting my files. But I opened

one of the same files which resides on a shared drive on another computer and

the other computer opened it just fine in wordpad. I associated these files

to OpenOffice on the computer that Wordpad is not working on right now. I

would much rather use Wordpad though. Hope I can get it fixed.

 

 

"Detlev Dreyer" wrote:

> "TripleTaco" <TripleTaco@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>

> > My wordpad is not working.

>

> Why. Any error message?

>

> > I tried running regsvr32 %systemroot%\System32\Mshtml.dll. It responded

> > with the error: C;\WINDOWS\System32\Mshtml.dll was loaded, but the

> > DllRegisterServer entry point was not found. This file can not be registered.

>

> Who told you to do that. Note the this file cannot be registered that

> way since IE7.

>

> > what's wrong with my PC? Oh yes, wordpad seems to work in safe mode.

>

> If Wordpad works in Safe Mode, the problem is caused by another software

> (malware) most likely.

>

> "How to perform a clean boot in Windows XP"

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353/en-us

>

> "How to troubleshoot by using the System Configuration utility in

> Windows XP" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310560/en-us

>

> --

> d-d

>

Guest TripleTaco
Posted

Re: WORDPAD not responding

 

Thanks d-d

 

I don't know what I did but it is now working. I think associating all the

rtf files with OpenOffice write and then back again solved the problem. I do

not know what else it could have been. =) Any technical ideas on why this

fixed the problem?

 

TripleTaco

Guest TripleTaco
Posted

Re: WORDPAD not responding

 

Detlev,

 

A guy from the Toshiba help desk told me over the phone to run this bat file:

 

regsvr32 %systemroot%\System32\Appwiz.cpl

regsvr32 %systemroot%\System32\Mshtml.dll

regsvr32 %systemroot%\System32\Jscript.dll

regsvr32 %systemroot%\System32\Msi.dll

regsvr32 "%ProgramFiles%\Common Files\System\Ole DB\Oledb32.dll"

regsvr32 "%ProgramFiles%\Common Files\System\Ado\Msado15.dll"

regsvr32 %systemroot%\System32\Mshtmled.dll

 

Everything worked except for the 2nd command. Will this mess my XP MCE up?

I would like to know if there is anything I need to do now? Or is this just

not work with IE7. I usually use FireFox. Thanks for any help. These are

my first posts on this site.

 

"Detlev Dreyer" wrote:

> "TripleTaco" <TripleTaco@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>

> > My wordpad is not working.

>

> Why. Any error message?

>

> > I tried running regsvr32 %systemroot%\System32\Mshtml.dll. It responded

> > with the error: C;\WINDOWS\System32\Mshtml.dll was loaded, but the

> > DllRegisterServer entry point was not found. This file can not be registered.

>

> Who told you to do that. Note the this file cannot be registered that

> way since IE7.

>

> > what's wrong with my PC? Oh yes, wordpad seems to work in safe mode.

>

> If Wordpad works in Safe Mode, the problem is caused by another software

> (malware) most likely.

>

> "How to perform a clean boot in Windows XP"

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310353/en-us

>

> "How to troubleshoot by using the System Configuration utility in

> Windows XP" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/310560/en-us

>

> --

> d-d

>

Guest SnakeSteuben
Posted

Re: WORDPAD not responding

 

 

TripleTaco;230293 Wrote:

> My wordpad is not working. Just start happening the other day.

>

> I tried running regsvr32 %systemroot%\System32\Mshtml.dll. It

> responded

> with the error: C;\WINDOWS\System32\Mshtml.dll was loaded, but the

> DllRegisterServer entry point was not found. This file can not be

> registered.

>

> what's wrong with my PC? Oh yes, wordpad seems to work in safe mode.

> I was a little worried that I might be corrupting my files. But I

> opened

> one of the same files which resides on a shared drive on another

> computer and the other computer opened it just fine in wordpad. I

> associated these files to OpenOffice on the computer that Wordpad is not

> working on right now. I would much rather use Wordpad though. Hope I can

> get it fixed.

> ...

> I don't know what I did but it is now working. I think associating all

> the

> rtf files with OpenOffice write and then back again solved the problem.

> I do not know what else it could have been. =) Any technical ideas on

> why this

> fixed the problem?

>

 

Sounds suspiciously like a short name long name mismatch to me. Have

you recently copied any file or directory in either your Windows or

Program Files directory, or any subdirectory thereof, from one disk to

another and back again for any reason?

 

Alternatively, have you temporarily renamed any directory or file in

those locations at the Dos prompt, and then named them back?

 

If so, what?

 

 

 

Men are like campsites. Women should leave them better than they found

them.

- My wife

Guest Detlev Dreyer
Posted

Re: WORDPAD not responding

 

"TripleTaco" <TripleTaco@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Thanks d-d

>

> I don't know what I did but it is now working. I think associating all the

> rtf files with OpenOffice write and then back again solved the problem. I do

> not know what else it could have been. =) Any technical ideas on why this

> fixed the problem?

 

No idea since OpenOffice is installed on one of my systems only for testing

purposes and there are no such problems. Anyway, glad to hear that your

problem has been resolved.

 

--

d-d

Guest Detlev Dreyer
Posted

Re: WORDPAD not responding

 

"TripleTaco" <TripleTaco@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> Detlev,

>

> A guy from the Toshiba help desk told me over the phone to run this bat file:

 

Well, let's see if Wordpad.exe has any dependencies regarding the files below:

> regsvr32 %systemroot%\System32\Appwiz.cpl

 

No dependency.

> regsvr32 %systemroot%\System32\Mshtml.dll

 

Dependency exists.

> regsvr32 %systemroot%\System32\Jscript.dll

 

No dependency.

> regsvr32 %systemroot%\System32\Msi.dll

 

Dependency exists.

> regsvr32 "%ProgramFiles%\Common Files\System\Ole DB\Oledb32.dll"

 

No dependency.

> regsvr32 "%ProgramFiles%\Common Files\System\Ado\Msado15.dll"

 

No dependency.

> regsvr32 %systemroot%\System32\Mshtmled.dll

 

No dependency.

> Everything worked except for the 2nd command.

 

Anyway, that advice did not make too much sense since there are almost no

dependencies.

> Will this mess my XP MCE up?

 

No, that advice does not harm and does not help either.

> I would like to know if there is anything I need to do now?

 

No, the problem seems to be resolved apparently.

> Or is this just not work with IE7. I usually use FireFox.

 

Well, the 2nd command worked when there was IE6 installed. It does not

work anymore in general when there is IE7 installed because that file

belongs to IE and has been replaced with a newer version. No matter what

browser you're actually using.

> Thanks for any help.

 

You're certainly welcome.

 

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d-d


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