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Advpack.dll Not Found is only one version of the error messages that Advpack.dll can create – “”This application failed to start because advpack.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem” is another known error.

Although mainly occurring in the older versions of Windows I have seen this error occur from Windows XP through to Windows 7 and is mainly caused by installing the wrong .Net Framework for your computers architecture – for example attempting to install .Net Framework x86 on a 64 bit version of Windows.

Fixing this error in Windows 7​

1. Click Start
2. Click Control Panel
3. Click Uninstall Programs and select “Turn Windows features on or off” on the top left.
4. Click on “Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1”.
5. Expand “Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5.1” and place a check mark on 2 options listed to enable.
6. Restart the Computer.

 

Fixing this error in Windows XP​

1. Fixing this error in Windows XP is as usually as easy as downloading the correct one “here” and installing it.

Having the problem where BearShare opens when you open a new Firefox tab even after removing BearShare? This is how I fixed it.

1. Open My Computer (Double left click on Desktop icon, or go to Start, Computer)
2. Navigate (using the left mouse button) to_ C:Program Files_
3. Right click the Bearshare folder & Delete

 

A few BOOTMGR Fixes for those having problems with Windows 7 /Vista startup.

BOOTMGR is compressed.

1. Boot from the Vista DVD.
2. Click ‘Repair my Computer‘
3. At the prompt to select your OS installation, click the button that says ‘Load Drivers‘. This should bring up a explorer-style drive browser.
4. Then just right-click on the drive you tried to compress, and deselect ‘Compress this Drive’ which should still be ticked on. Hit Apply & Apply to subfolders/files.
5. Reboot

Fixing “BOOTMGR is missing” Error While Trying to Boot Windows 7 or Vista

1. Press F8 at Windows start-up to get to the Safe Mode menu & select Startup Repair
2. Open Command Prompt
3. Type the following command: bootrec /fixboot
4. Reboot

The application has failed to start because CSRSRV.DLL was not found. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

First you need to access the recovery console. Following the instructions below

1. Boot with your original Windows XP CD. You need one which will allow you to get into the Recovery Console.
2. Once booted, choose to use the Recovery Console
3. Choose which Windows installation you need to log into. if there’s only one on that machine, it will be “1?.
4. Type in the Administrator password.
5. You need to then copy a version of the file that isn’t corrupted, over the one that is. Type:** Copy d:i386csrsrv.dll c:windowssystem32csrsrv.dll**
6. Restart the Computer

This command also may indicated Harddrive failure. Scan with a Hard Drive tool such as Spinrite or HDD Regenerator to make sure the drive is in good condition.

“The Session Manager Initialization system process terminated unexpectedly with a status of 0xc000026c”

Caused by a recently Windows Update

First you need to access the recovery console. Following the instructions below

1. Boot with your original Windows XP CD. You need one which will allow you to get into the Recovery Console.
2. Once booted, choose to use the Recovery Console
3. Choose which Windows installation you need to log into. if there’s only one on that machine, it will be “1?.
4. Type in the Administrator password.
5. Change to the update folder by typing** cd WINDOWS$NtUninstallKB925902$spuninst**
6. Run this command in the folder: batch spuninst.txt (If the command ran correctly, you should see a spuninst.tag file, using the “dir” command)
7. Restart the Computer

At this point the computer should boot properly and you should install SP3 and other patches to prevent this problem from happening again.

If the spuninst.tag file doesn’t exist, you may have received a bunch of errors instead. There are a few reasons why this could happen, one of which is if your windows isn’t really installed on the c: drive, even if the Recovery Console always names it that way. To remove the patch manually type in these command in the Command Prompt (By going back using the Windows CD instructions above)

DEL “c:windows$hf_mig$kb925902mf3216.dll”

_ DEL “c:windows$hf_mig$kb925902gdi32.dll”_

_ DEL “c:windows$hf_mig$kb925902user32.dll”_

_ DEL “c:windows$hf_mig$kb925902win32k.sys”_

_ DEL “c:windowssystem32dllcachegdi32.dll”_

_ DEL “c:windowssystem32dllcachemf3216.dll”_

_ DEL “c:windowssystem32dllcacheuser32.dll”_

_ DEL “c:windowssystem32dllcachewin32k.sys”_

_ COPY “c:windows$NtUninstallKB925902$gdi32.dll” “c:windowssystem32gdi32.dll”_

_ COPY “c:windows$NtUninstallKB925902$mf3216.dll” “c:windowssystem32mf3216.dll”_

_ COPY “c:windows$NtUninstallKB925902$user32.dll” “c:windowssystem32user32.dll”_

_ COPY “c:windows$NtUninstallKB925902$win32k.sys” “c:windowssystem32win32k.sys”_

_ COPY “c:windows$NtUninstallKB925902$spuninstspuninst.txt” “c:windows$NtUninstallKB925902$spuninstspuninst.tag”_

Sources taken from TechForLunch