Rundll32.exe stops working Vista Bugs and Problems Discuss Rundll32.exe stops working in the Windows Vista forums; I am currently running Windows Vista Home Premium edition. When I access MPEG video files in the videos folder, the above message appears numerous times. I have heard that maybe ...

[ewan_mclean]

I am currently running Windows Vista Home Premium edition. When I access MPEG video files in the videos folder, the above message appears numerous times.

I have heard that maybe Nero 6 is possibly causing the problem and what can I do to maybe solve the problem, because I use Nero all the time and couldn't be without it.

[felix8406]

It's caused by a program, but that doesn't necessarily means that it's Nero. Runddll32 runs dll's as program, so it could be many of the DLL's. If you think it's Nero, and you have a copy of Nero, uninstall it and see if that crorrects the problem. You may have to do this with other programs as well until you find the problem.

[Snuffy]

Nero 6 works in Vista but has compatibility issues...
Nero 7.x is Vista rated... check the Nero site for more accurate details.

[Znod]

Originally Posted by ewan_mclean

I am currently running Windows Vista Home Premium edition. When I access MPEG video files in the videos folder, the above message appears numerous times.

I have heard that maybe Nero 6 is possibly causing the problem and what can I do to maybe solve the problem, because I use Nero all the time and couldn't be without it.

If you find the offending program or simply suspect that a particular program is the offending program and decide to proceed as though it is the culprit, then uninstall it and reinstall it/try it in XP SP2 compatibility mode by:

1. right-clicking on its installer and selecting Run this program as administrator and subsequently

2. right-clicking the program's shortcut or EXE and applying the Windows XP SP2 compatibility mode using the Compatibility tab.

[ewan_mclean]

I uninstalled the program and the problem went away, I will try the XP SP 2 compatibility mode.

[Znod]

Great. I hope it works out.

[Shadow]

I am having the same problem with Rundll32.exe stopping, but it is not being caused by Nero. I don't even have Nero on this machine. The error was appearing straight out of the box. I launch Windows Explorer and navigate to my videos folders. The error appears as the thumbnails are being generated. In folders where I have multiple videos, I will get an equal amount of errors. If I do not close the error message as they appear, I could have 20 or 30 errors on my screen at once!
This does not happen while generating thumbnails for picture files, nor when the folder view is set to 'details' or 'list' views.
The thumbnails for .mpg files do still appear and the video files work fine despite the error messages.

On a similar note, .avi files do not generate thumbnails at all. They only show the default windows video file icon w/ AVI at the bottom. These files also work fine when launched.


Does anyone have any ideas?
Thanks.

[Seansmit17]

im gonna say a borked vista install.. try a "repair" install?

[Snuffy]

Do you have Explorer set as default to open .avi(s). ?

It really should be default to WMP11, and have WMP11 check for download all codecs automatically....
try and open WMP11 first then open the avi and see if it plays.

If WMP11 is not what you like or want to use... the DL and install WMP10 which works very well also...

[Snuffy]

post from vista forum on rundll32. errors.

okay not sure if this will help you at all but being annoyed i went searching for
answers on the windows vista community forum and found someone who was having similar
problems they said their problems were apparently caused by an outdated version of
some nero showtime, but updating nero solved their problem, i have nero so i updated
mine and have not had any problems so if u have nero, the latest version is 7.7.5.1

Nero 6 has compatibility issues even in XP mode.

this guy also mentioned that after getting
this fixed he still had no thumbnails on dvd mpg2 files and hadnt figured out how
to fix that, now there was someone else on this same post who said something about
his problem being with some ligos mpg filter that he said was located in the system32
folder, the file was called lmpgspl.ax, he also mentioned there were a couple other
ax related files and he said he unregistered these files and his problem was solved
so i did not or have not found this file on my computer so anyways i hope this helps
ya. Jen

Maybe this will help some of you with rundll32.errors... there are many others fixes but 99% relate to incompatibility issues...from older programs..
also some divx codes in older avi's are not vista compatible... GSpot is recommended to test and see if you have the required codec installed. and
sherlock is recommended for checking codecs, and divxfix to help fix corrupt avi files... they also mention most errors are NOT VISTA problems but 3rd party badly written codecs and programs..along with unsigned drivers...