Vista - Task Manager will not run

I had an unexpected shut down due to a disk error this morning and now when I
try to open task manager I get the uninformative message :-
taskmgr.exe - Ordinal Not Found
The ordinal 345 could not be located in the dynamic link library COMCTL32.dll.

Any suggestions on how to correct this problem would be welcome.

It looks like the file COMCTL32.dll may have become corrupted. I suggest you
try running a system scan. Open the Command Prompt (Start//All
programs//Acccessories) and type sfc /scannow (note the space after sfc). If
the file has been damaged, Windows can repair it. If this doesn't work, try
a System Restore. If neither work, just hope a MSVP spots your dilemma.

Ed


"Viv" <Viv@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E73BCD01-4F81-4B2B-AF42-58B8E471BFC4@microsoft.com...
>I had an unexpected shut down due to a disk error this morning and now when
>I
> try to open task manager I get the uninformative message :-
> taskmgr.exe - Ordinal Not Found
> The ordinal 345 could not be located in the dynamic link library
> COMCTL32.dll.
>
> Any suggestions on how to correct this problem would be welcome.

Ed,
Thanks for the suggestion, did you mean Accessories/Command Prompt? If so
then I get the message 'You must be an administrator running a console
session in order to use the sfc utility', which I don't understand.

Typing 'sfc /scannow' in Accessories/Run does not do anything, not even tell
me that I am doing something wrong.

Any further advice would be welcome.

Viv

"Ed O'Brien" wrote:

> It looks like the file COMCTL32.dll may have become corrupted. I suggest you
> try running a system scan. Open the Command Prompt (Start//All
> programs//Acccessories) and type sfc /scannow (note the space after sfc). If
> the file has been damaged, Windows can repair it. If this doesn't work, try
> a System Restore. If neither work, just hope a MSVP spots your dilemma.
>
> Ed
>
>
> "Viv" <Viv@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E73BCD01-4F81-4B2B-AF42-58B8E471BFC4@microsoft.com...
> >I had an unexpected shut down due to a disk error this morning and now when
> >I
> > try to open task manager I get the uninformative message :-
> > taskmgr.exe - Ordinal Not Found
> > The ordinal 345 could not be located in the dynamic link library
> > COMCTL32.dll.
> >
> > Any suggestions on how to correct this problem would be welcome.
>
>

Type cmd in the Start Search box above the Start Orb, when cmd.exe appears at
the top of the Start Menu, right click on cmd.exe and select "Run as
Administrator".

--
I Bleed Blue and Gold
GO BEARS!


"Viv" <Viv@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:BDFE4F93-47C7-41AA-BAAB-E61C4BB10055@microsoft.com...
>
> Ed,
> Thanks for the suggestion, did you mean Accessories/Command Prompt? If so
> then I get the message 'You must be an administrator running a console
> session in order to use the sfc utility', which I don't understand.
>
> Typing 'sfc /scannow' in Accessories/Run does not do anything, not even tell
> me that I am doing something wrong.
>
> Any further advice would be welcome.
>
> Viv
>
> "Ed O'Brien" wrote:
>
>> It looks like the file COMCTL32.dll may have become corrupted. I suggest you
>> try running a system scan. Open the Command Prompt (Start//All
>> programs//Acccessories) and type sfc /scannow (note the space after sfc). If
>> the file has been damaged, Windows can repair it. If this doesn't work, try
>> a System Restore. If neither work, just hope a MSVP spots your dilemma.
>>
>> Ed
>>
>>
>> "Viv" <Viv@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:E73BCD01-4F81-4B2B-AF42-58B8E471BFC4@microsoft.com...
>> >I had an unexpected shut down due to a disk error this morning and now when
>> >I
>> > try to open task manager I get the uninformative message :-
>> > taskmgr.exe - Ordinal Not Found
>> > The ordinal 345 could not be located in the dynamic link library
>> > COMCTL32.dll.
>> >
>> > Any suggestions on how to correct this problem would be welcome.
>>
>>

Thanks to both. Task manager now works as it should.

Viv


"Cal Bear '66" wrote:

> Type cmd in the Start Search box above the Start Orb, when cmd.exe appears at
> the top of the Start Menu, right click on cmd.exe and select "Run as
> Administrator".
>
> --
> I Bleed Blue and Gold
> GO BEARS!
>
>
> "Viv" <Viv@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:BDFE4F93-47C7-41AA-BAAB-E61C4BB10055@microsoft.com...
> >
> > Ed,
> > Thanks for the suggestion, did you mean Accessories/Command Prompt? If so
> > then I get the message 'You must be an administrator running a console
> > session in order to use the sfc utility', which I don't understand.
> >
> > Typing 'sfc /scannow' in Accessories/Run does not do anything, not even tell
> > me that I am doing something wrong.
> >
> > Any further advice would be welcome.
> >
> > Viv
> >
> > "Ed O'Brien" wrote:
> >
> >> It looks like the file COMCTL32.dll may have become corrupted. I suggest you
> >> try running a system scan. Open the Command Prompt (Start//All
> >> programs//Acccessories) and type sfc /scannow (note the space after sfc). If
> >> the file has been damaged, Windows can repair it. If this doesn't work, try
> >> a System Restore. If neither work, just hope a MSVP spots your dilemma.
> >>
> >> Ed
> >>
> >>
> >> "Viv" <Viv@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:E73BCD01-4F81-4B2B-AF42-58B8E471BFC4@microsoft.com...
> >> >I had an unexpected shut down due to a disk error this morning and now when
> >> >I
> >> > try to open task manager I get the uninformative message :-
> >> > taskmgr.exe - Ordinal Not Found
> >> > The ordinal 345 could not be located in the dynamic link library
> >> > COMCTL32.dll.
> >> >
> >> > Any suggestions on how to correct this problem would be welcome.
> >>
> >>
>
>