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| Vista Home Premium | ERROR! shell32.dll - Access Denied. Please help a newbie! Hi all, first post here. I've got a problem with shell32.dll. When I right click a video file and choose "Open With" then "Choose Default Program" up pops this error message: Error loading C:\Windows\system32\shell32.dll Access is denied So, the file exists, obviously, but anyone know why this appears or how to remedy it please? PS - Just about to post two other problems I'm getting with Vista...can't say I'm its biggest fan! ![]() Thanks. |
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| Home Premium X64 | Re: ERROR! shell32.dll - Access Denied. Please help a newbie! I have the same problem. Some of the chat rooms seem to be saying that Comodo firewall causes these problems. I have it installed, and have tried disabling it, but maybe the damage has been done already. I'd be interested to know whether you're runnong Comodo. Rgds |
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| Ultimate x86 | Re: ERROR! shell32.dll - Access Denied. Please help a newbie! hi, Same problem this side as well...and only since I installed Comodo.... |
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| Vista 64-bit Ultimate Win7 64-bit Ultimate XP SP3 32-bit Pro | Re: ERROR! shell32.dll - Access Denied. Please help a newbie! Hello all and welcome to Vista forums! From a quick search here --> C:\Windows\system32\shell32.dll - IE7Pro Search it looks like a visit to a HijackThis forum may be a good idea. you can find one at the link above or visit the link below. Bleeping Computer - Computer Help and Discussion I hope you get it sorted! Later Ted |
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| Vista home premium 32 bit | Re: ERROR! shell32.dll - Access Denied. Please help a newbie! Shell32.dll is a file of windows icons. You can browse for it under the properties tab on the default program for opening the software, it resides in Windows\System32. Use the "open with" command on right click, select the program which you know will open the software you want to use and opt to change the icon which you can select from Windows\System32 (shell32.dll). I hope that this gives you some direction. |
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| Vista Ultimate x64 MAK, OpenSolaris 5, Gentoo 2008.1.... | Re: ERROR! shell32.dll - Access Denied. Please help a newbie! Unless, of course, you are running Vista x64 - then there are 2 actual files, and 2 more hard links to them in System32 and SysWOW64.... For those of you all having issues with Comodo FW and shell32, disabling it will not help - you'll need to uninstall it and see if that restores your shell32. |
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| Home Premium X64 | Re: ERROR! shell32.dll - Access Denied. Please help a newbie! Thanks so much for your very helpful suggestion! After reading various postings, it was obvious that Comodo FP seemed to be common to everyone who was experiencing the shell32.dll problem. I disabled Comodo, and when that didn't help, I tried various other things which led to more grief. The next step was going to be an OS reinstall, which I didn't want to do. Your suggestion seems obvious now, but it wasn't at the time. Uninstalling that rotten Comodo FP fixed it immediately. It also got rid of a number of other messages I was getting on startup regarding denial of access to other .dll files. Thanks again. |
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| Ultimate x86 | Re: ERROR! shell32.dll - Access Denied. Please help a newbie! Thanx this side too...uninstalling COMODO worked...and yes, seems other issues have also been re-solved. I have reinatlled and all is well thus far - touch wood - |
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| Vista Ultimate x64 SP1 | Re: ERROR! shell32.dll - Access Denied. Please help a newbie! Are you making sure to run Comodo's Defense+Security and Firewall in Training Mode for a while to let it learn your habits? |
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| Ultimate x86 | Re: ERROR! shell32.dll - Access Denied. Please help a newbie! That was probably my mistake...but am running default (safe mode) for now. Will post any issues experienced - if any. |
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