Adster01 Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 (edited) Hi, was wondering if any of you had encountered this problem before in XP. When right clicking on a shortcut, or folder etc for the first time after a reboot, I get a little error dialog box which says: "failed to load resource dll" I've done quite a few Google searches and have found similar problems but no-one has a solution :no: Any ideas out there? Edited May 24, 2004 by Adster01 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthonycara Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 try reinstalling the OS. otherwise ive got no ideas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adster01 Posted May 24, 2004 Author Share Posted May 24, 2004 Well, of course that is going to fix the problem, but it is hardly a solution. I have done a repair installation, but the problem still exists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivers Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 tried system restore? reinstall the mouse drivers? could be a registry problem somewhere :unsure: *looked on google* you recently installed any norton stuff? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adster01 Posted May 24, 2004 Author Share Posted May 24, 2004 Nah, the only norton stuff I have is NAV2004, but its been on there for ages... I'm thinking it is also some sort of registry problem. Would love to find out where the registry keys are for the stuff that comes up in the menu when you right click on something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfador Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 hmm that sounds like it may be a possibility. some programs add to that menu (winrar for an example), so... maybe you installed something that changed that and then didnt uninstall it properly? just a guess. edit: try this page: http://www.jfitz.com/tips/rclick_custom.html this seems like it might be what you were looking for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zerbe Posted May 24, 2004 Share Posted May 24, 2004 Try this program and look for any odd programs or entries that you have uninstalled, etc. I think you need to look at 'Ext. type' 'Context Menu'. http://freehost14.websamba.com/nirsoft/utils/shexview.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adster01 Posted May 25, 2004 Author Share Posted May 25, 2004 Thanks, I'll give those two options a try when I get home from work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adster01 Posted May 25, 2004 Author Share Posted May 25, 2004 I have a feeling that it is WS_FTP that is causing the problem as there are a couple of dll's that remain in Program Files that I cannot delete. Will try to get rid of them on the next reboot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kombolcha Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 i used to have that same problem, but i never got this far into the registry, i had to format eventually.. but thanks for this post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThunderRiver Posted May 25, 2004 Share Posted May 25, 2004 I have similar program, but it is mainly due to nVidia driver being silly. I think their newest GeForce driver is bloated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adster01 Posted May 26, 2004 Author Share Posted May 26, 2004 I have similar program, but it is mainly due to nVidia driver being silly. I think their newest GeForce driver is bloated. It could be an nvidia issue, as they have added stuff to the right click desktop menu. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dougkinzinger Posted May 26, 2004 Share Posted May 26, 2004 try reinstalling the OS. otherwise ive got no ideas. LOL, great reply dude.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adster01 Posted May 27, 2004 Author Share Posted May 27, 2004 Well you will all be happy to know I fixed it. Turns out WS_FTP adds something to the right click context menu. I had uninstalled this program, but it left a folder full of DLL's in Program Files (which I couldn't delete). Restarted to safe mode, command prompt. Deleted the DLL's and no longer have the problem! :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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