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Matto
Matto asked in Computers & InternetHardwareOther - Hardware · 1 decade ago

shlwapi.dll is corrupt and unreadable, help!?

My computer constantly gives a exclamation bubble saying the following: "The file or directory C:\Windows\System32\shlwapi.dll is corrupt and unreadable." On Googling it, I found it is a necessary startup file and PC won't start without it.

I've run chkdsk utility, but it needs to restart the computer and scan at startup. I don't really want to even shut the computer down.

Apart from Backing up documents, what can I do to save my PC?

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  • Redeye
    1 decade ago
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    Try downloading a new file from http://www.dlldump.com/ and find the current sclwapi.dll location. Now rename it sclwapi.dll.bck and copy the newly downloaded one into the proper directory and reboot. Hopefully that should work for ya'. If this doesn't work, you may have to boot up with Window CD and repair or reload Windows.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Download the dll, and replace the one that is there.

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