DLL load error message dince 1903

A few days ago my Win10 system updated to verion 1903. Everything
works fine but ...

When I open windows file explorer for the first time in a session, I
get a message that says something like "Unable to load DLL " something
or other. Unfortunately, the message stays on the screen only a few
seconds, so I can't save the exact text. After the message disappears,
everything continues to work fine.

Doesn anybody know what's going on here?

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Tim Slattery
tim at risingdove dot com

"Tim Slattery" wrote

| When I open windows file explorer for the first time in a session, I
| get a message that says something like "Unable to load DLL " something
| or other. Unfortunately, the message stays on the screen only a few
| seconds, so I can't save the exact text. After the message disappears,
| everything continues to work fine.
|

You should be able to get an image of it with a quick
Ctrl + C. Could it be some kind of shell extension? If
you installed anything that adds customization to folder
windows in any way, that would be a shell extension
that Explorer would need to load as a DLL.

On 10/08/2019 16:39, Tim Slattery wrote:
A few days ago my Win10 system updated to verion 1903. Everything
works fine but ...

When I open windows file explorer for the first time in a session, I
get a message that says something like "Unable to load DLL " something
or other. Unfortunately, the message stays on the screen only a few
seconds, so I can't save the exact text. After the message disappears,
everything continues to work fine.

So what is the problem? Are you thinking of inventing or creating the
problem just because none is in existence?


Doesn anybody know what's going on here?

It means that the DLL is taking time to load either because your machine
is slow, busy or that it is not yet cached. After some time it will
just disappear.

In Windows, you've to learn that some other process is given priority
and it might hold some other dependent process but eventually everything
works as expected. Some common sense is required from the users part
and some intelligence, of course!!.

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On 10/08/2019 18:20, Boris wrote:

I've had luck
recording with a cell phone's video camera, and then looking at the recording
frame by frame.

We had luck to know that you are an idiot talking complete and utter
rubbish.




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Tim Slattery wrote:
A few days ago my Win10 system updated to verion 1903. Everything
works fine but ...

When I open windows file explorer for the first time in a session, I
get a message that says something like "Unable to load DLL " something
or other. Unfortunately, the message stays on the screen only a few
seconds, so I can't save the exact text. After the message disappears,
everything continues to work fine.

Doesn anybody know what's going on here?


Dump the Event Viewer to a text file ? Then look for .DLL instances.

https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/full_event_log_view.html

A failure to load, might include DLLs related to
ShellEx items (right-click context).

The DLL in question, might not actually be
a File Explorer DLL, but a third-party-software DLL.

When your computer presents a fleeting message,
point a video camera at the screen and record as
it comes up. I've had to do that before. My
point & shoot camera shoots HD1920 video at 30FPS
(which is more than my webcams can manage). A
webcam like a Brio could probably do a good job,
but it costs a bit more than my point & shoot.

Paul

On 8/10/2019 11:39 AM, Tim Slattery wrote:
A few days ago my Win10 system updated to verion 1903. Everything
works fine but ...

When I open windows file explorer for the first time in a session, I
get a message that says something like "Unable to load DLL " something
or other. Unfortunately, the message stays on the screen only a few
seconds, so I can't save the exact text. After the message disappears,
everything continues to work fine.

Doesn anybody know what's going on here?

No idea about your specific problem, but you should be able to find the
error message in the Event Viewer System Logs Application (or
System). Look into the errors nearest the time that you launched file
explorer.

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Neil

On Sat, 10 Aug 2019 11:39:36 -0400, Tim Slattery wrote:

A few days ago my Win10 system updated to verion 1903. Everything
works fine but ...

When I open windows file explorer for the first time in a session, I
get a message that says something like "Unable to load DLL " something
or other. Unfortunately, the message stays on the screen only a few
seconds, so I can't save the exact text.

Press the 'Prt Scr' key in those few seconds, to capture a screenshot.

Then read the screenshot image to see the error message.


After the message disappears,
everything continues to work fine.

Doesn anybody know what's going on here?

This sounds like the sort of thing which needs the error message to
get an answer.


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Ralph

Tim Slattery wrote:

A few days ago my Win10 system updated to verion 1903. Everything
works fine but ...

When I open windows file explorer for the first time in a session, I
get a message that says something like "Unable to load DLL " something
or other. Unfortunately, the message stays on the screen only a few
seconds, so I can't save the exact text. After the message disappears,
everything continues to work fine.

Doesn anybody know what's going on here?

Could be you installed some software that operates as a shell extension.
That is, either it adds entries to the context menu of objects (files or
folders) shown by File Explorer or it adds property sheets (the tab
panels you see with selecting Properties from the context menu).

Sometimes uninstalling software is incomplete (i.e., dirty). I've seen
where context menu entries or property sheets were left behind after an
uninstall. Although I don't recommend using registry cleaners, this is
one place where they help by removing the shell extensions that no
longer point at valid handlers (since they were uninstalled). Some
registry cleaners are overly aggressive and rather stupid in not
checking any chaining of dependencies. While I use CCleaner's registry
cleaner, it tells you what it proposes to clean out and it still your
responsibility to know whether to allow all, some, or any of its
proposed changes. For example, and before encoding internal exclusions
for Avast, it would say there were orphaned entries for Avast, would
removed them, but they would immediately reappear. They were temp
entries used by Avast. Just because a registry key appears orphaned
doesn't mean it really is.

Alternatively, Nirsoft has their ShellExView (to list shell extensions)
and ShellMenuView (to see content menu additions). This will likely
both have lots of items in their lists. The Company column will help
identify software with lingering remnants that you had uninstalled.

"VanguardLH" wrote

| Could be you installed some software that operates as a shell extension.
| That is, either it adds entries to the context menu of objects (files or
| folders) shown by File Explorer or it adds property sheets (the tab
| panels you see with selecting Properties from the context menu).
|

Or Explorer bars and other band objects, drop handlers, etc.
I think I remember talk that MS might discontinue support for
band objects in Win10, but I'm not sure. (A typical band object
is an extra menu bar. An Explorer Bar is the docked window on
the left, typically the folder tree but replaceable by a custom
DLL.)

| Alternatively, Nirsoft has their ShellExView (to list shell extensions)
| and ShellMenuView (to see content menu additions).

Another good one: Autoruns. It has a section for pretty much
everything the system knows about, including shell extensions.
For most things a simple checkbox can be used to control
loading.

Ralph Fox wrote:


Press the 'Prt Scr' key in those few seconds, to capture a screenshot.

OK, that worked. Here's the message:

Intel Optane(tm) Memory Pinning
Unable to load DLL
'iaStorAfsServiceApl.dll' The specified
module could not be found.
(Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007

They left of the right parenthesis at the end. Then there's a bit of
vertical space, then one more line in a smaller font:
Windows Explorer

That's it.

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Tim Slattery
tim at risingdove dot com

Tim Slattery wrote:
Ralph Fox wrote:


Press the 'Prt Scr' key in those few seconds, to capture a screenshot.

OK, that worked. Here's the message:

Intel Optane(tm) Memory Pinning
Unable to load DLL
'iaStorAfsServiceApl.dll' The specified
module could not be found.
(Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007

They left of the right parenthesis at the end. Then there's a bit of
vertical space, then one more line in a smaller font:
Windows Explorer

That's it.


Well Googling give this link right at the top:

https://forums.intel.com/s/question/0D50P00004HLQhJSAX/everytime-i-open-windows-explorer-or-right-click-a-file-this-error-always-shows-intel-optanetm-memory-pinning-unable-to-load-dll-iastorafsserviceapidll-the-specified-module-could-not-be-found-exception-from-hresult0x8007007l-windows-explorer?language=en_US

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Jonathan N. Little wrote:
Tim Slattery wrote:
Ralph Fox wrote:


Press the 'Prt Scr' key in those few seconds, to capture a screenshot.
OK, that worked. Here's the message:

Intel Optane(tm) Memory Pinning
Unable to load DLL
'iaStorAfsServiceApl.dll' The specified
module could not be found.
(Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007

They left of the right parenthesis at the end. Then there's a bit of
vertical space, then one more line in a smaller font:
Windows Explorer

That's it.


Well Googling give this link right at the top:

https://forums.intel.com/s/question/0D50P00004HLQhJSAX/everytime-i-open-windows-explorer-or-right-click-a-file-this-error-always-shows-intel-optanetm-memory-pinning-unable-to-load-dll-iastorafsserviceapidll-the-specified-module-could-not-be-found-exception-from-hresult0x8007007l-windows-explorer?language=en_US


https://www.intel.com/content/www/us...d-storage.html

"To mitigate, the 'Intel Optane Pinning Explorer Extensions'
should be removed from the system (Win+X - Apps and Features)"

Which implies it was a separate install. Or maybe this is just
wishful thinking on the part of Support. The Intel I know and
love, makes Jumbo installers, with good and bad things inside,
and you have to chuck the whole thing if broken.

*******

https://windowsreport.com/intel-opta...pinning-error/

"Intel Optane memory is a smart technology that keeps track
of your frequently used apps, documents, pictures, and videos
and remembers them after shutdown.

This way, it increases the PC responsiveness and significantly
cuts down your waiting time in Windows 10.

But sometimes, this technology can trigger certain errors
that can be quite annoying." ===

Hmmm. No kidding.

Paul

On Tue, 13 Aug 2019 11:45:59 -0400, Tim Slattery wrote:

Ralph Fox wrote:


Press the 'Prt Scr' key in those few seconds, to capture a screenshot.

OK, that worked. Here's the message:

Intel Optane(tm) Memory Pinning
Unable to load DLL
'iaStorAfsServiceApl.dll' The specified
module could not be found.
(Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007

They left of the right parenthesis at the end. Then there's a bit of
vertical space, then one more line in a smaller font:
Windows Explorer

That's it.



For a fix, also see
https://www.dell.com/community/Alien...m/td-p/7338603


It appears the full error message would be this, with the "E)" at the end not visible.
Intel Optane(tm) Memory Pinning : Unable to load DLL 'iaStorAfsServiceApi.dll' : The specified module could not be found. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007007E)


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Kind regards
Ralph