Vista - Bad entry in Shim-Database

02-26-2009

Hello,

is there a way of removing a bad entry from the system Shim database
%SYSTEMROOT%\AppPatch\sysmain.sdb?

I am the developer of a POP3 service, which runs fine under NT up to
Windows Server 2003, but cannot be started on Windows Server 2008,
because my POP3D.EXE is confused with "Prince of Persia 3D" by Windows
Server because of an entry in the Shim database which tries to load
gameux.dll (obviously not available under Windows Server).

Is there a way to get rid of this problem, either by telling Windows
Server 2008 to ignore the Shim database for my service or to remove the
entry from the Shim database?

I'd rather prefer not to rename my service, because there are several
hundred installations running the service.

Thanks in advance,
Daniel

02-27-2009

Hi Daniel!

Quote:

> is there a way of removing a bad entry from the system Shim database
> %SYSTEMROOT%\AppPatch\sysmain.sdb?
>
> I am the developer of a POP3 service, which runs fine under NT up to
> Windows Server 2003, but cannot be started on Windows Server 2008,
> because my POP3D.EXE is confused with "Prince of Persia 3D" by Windows
> Server because of an entry in the Shim database which tries to load
> gameux.dll (obviously not available under Windows Server).
>
> Is there a way to get rid of this problem, either by telling Windows
> Server 2008 to ignore the Shim database for my service or to remove the
> entry from the Shim database?

I suggest, you should contant MS product support!
If you have a MSDN Subscription, then you have several incidents free.

--
Greetings
Jochen

My blog about Win32 and .NET
http://blog.kalmbachnet.de/

02-26-2009	#1 (permalink)
Daniel Weber n/a posts	Bad entry in Shim-Database Hello, is there a way of removing a bad entry from the system Shim database %SYSTEMROOT%\AppPatch\sysmain.sdb? I am the developer of a POP3 service, which runs fine under NT up to Windows Server 2003, but cannot be started on Windows Server 2008, because my POP3D.EXE is confused with "Prince of Persia 3D" by Windows Server because of an entry in the Shim database which tries to load gameux.dll (obviously not available under Windows Server). Is there a way to get rid of this problem, either by telling Windows Server 2008 to ignore the Shim database for my service or to remove the entry from the Shim database? I'd rather prefer not to rename my service, because there are several hundred installations running the service. Thanks in advance, Daniel
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02-27-2009	#2 (permalink)
Jochen Kalmbach [MVP] n/a posts	Re: Bad entry in Shim-Database Hi Daniel! Quote: > is there a way of removing a bad entry from the system Shim database > %SYSTEMROOT%\AppPatch\sysmain.sdb? > > I am the developer of a POP3 service, which runs fine under NT up to > Windows Server 2003, but cannot be started on Windows Server 2008, > because my POP3D.EXE is confused with "Prince of Persia 3D" by Windows > Server because of an entry in the Shim database which tries to load > gameux.dll (obviously not available under Windows Server). > > Is there a way to get rid of this problem, either by telling Windows > Server 2008 to ignore the Shim database for my service or to remove the > entry from the Shim database? I suggest, you should contant MS product support! If you have a MSDN Subscription, then you have several incidents free. -- Greetings Jochen My blog about Win32 and .NET http://blog.kalmbachnet.de/
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