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Subject: Poser won't start on my PC - it says a .dll file is missing.

NK opened this issue on Nov 08, 1999 · 5 posts
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NK ( ) posted Mon, 08 November 1999 at 11:36 AM · edited Wed, 20 November 2024 at 2:15 AM

Does anyone know about Avifil32.dll which is found under Windowssystem. Poser won't start up because it says this is linked to another .dll called ntdll.dll. I have no idea what thses files are used for ( I'm guessing the former has something to do with Avis. I use a PC. Please, help!!!!

beelzebulb ( ) posted Mon, 08 November 1999 at 1:14 PM

Your Avifil32.dll has probably become corrupted for one reason or another. Try the following which has worked for me in the past. 1. Find the Dll in windows system and rename it by adding a letter to it. Do Not shut down once you have done this. 2. Insert your windows cd and re-install the DLL. Try the program and see if this solves the problem. I have had to go as far as re-installing windows completely due to this type of problem. These types of problems seem to be a regular occurence every couple of months with win 95/98. Good luck.

buckrogers ( ) posted Mon, 08 November 1999 at 5:41 PM

Oh Gawd, not another Poser 4 bug. Why can't Poser come with its own copies of these necessary systems dll's just in case they are missing in the user's system? Thank goodness I stayed with Poser 3.

LoboUK ( ) posted Tue, 09 November 1999 at 9:58 AM

Actually, this sounds more like a feature of WinDoze than of Poser4. I've had other programmes than Poser refuse to start because of "missing .dll" blues. What might be a good idea is, once you've followed beelzebulb's advice about re-installing - is save a known working copy of the dll in a zip file in the directory in case this happens again. Sometimes this works, sometimes it doesn't, and sometimes there no other option that to re-install WinDoze Paul

Anthony Appleyard ( ) posted Tue, 09 November 1999 at 5:04 PM

How many incompatible versions are there of Windows 95, and of Windows 98? How likely is the affected user to damage his system, if e.g. the Qwertyuiop package moans that it can't run because zxcvbnm.dll is missing, so he transplants a copy of zxcvbnm.dll from another computer?

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