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What
the heck is "dll hell"?
By trying to activate any of our
(or any other for that matter) software you get an error message,
something like, "NCTAudioRecord2.dll" not
registered..." this means that a supporting dll file was not
properly recorded/ registered within the Windows Registry during the
setup/ install process or for some other reason (such as you have
installed then maybe uninstalled similar software that uses the same
supporting files).
Most of you have probably experienced DLL Hell, though you may not
have heard of it described as such. If not, you've probably heard
horror stories from friends or colleagues.
The story goes something like this:
Ring ring, ring ring...
"Good afternoon, Code-it Software, Mike speaking. How can I
help?"
"Uhm, your program doesn't work on my system anymore."
"What seems to be the problem?"
"I don't know - it was working yesterday. There's an error
message that pops up saying a file is not registered - it just doesn't
work and I am a registered user."
Congratulations. You've just become another victim of DLL Hell.
The short of it...
"All it takes is a single DLL, VBX or OCX to be missing, or
present in an older version... for an application to fail."
Most likely, another program installed an older DLL, VBX or ActiveX
file on their system. OR maybe a newer, but incompatible version. OR a
conflict due to an incompatible DLL already loaded in memory OR the
PATH environment setting changed. OR the file was not properly
registered in the registry OR a required file is missing OR you
installed software that uses the same supporting file(s) then you did
an uninstall OR many other reasons!
As you can see, you can literally spend HOURS trying to figure out
what is wrong with your machine, and why the application will no
longer run.
It is not unusual for users to reinstall software - either during a
system upgrade or to change configurations. In many cases users would
install software that included an older version of a dll (i.e.
commdlg.dll) on a system that already contained a newer version. This
would cause the more recently installed version to replace the newer
version. As soon the user attempted to run the program that required
the newer version, problems would occur ranging from operational
difficulties to general protection faults.
There are hundreds of DLLs, VBXs and OCXs that may be shared by
literally thousands of applications. All it takes is a single DLL, VBX
or OCX to be missing, or present in an older version (or even an
incompatible newer version), for an application to fail.
Now you kind of know what might happen to make this software no longer
run. Here's most likely all you'll have to do to get it back.
Click START >CONTROL
PANEL>ADD or REMOVE PROGRAMS>THE PROGRAM NAME>CHANGE (if
there is no option listed to "Change" use the
"Remove" option.
<<< click to enlarge this screen shot
When the Repair Wizard activates
(screen shot below) - merely click the REPAIR button then NEXT>.
This will re-register all the supporting dll files, for the selected
software, within the Windows Registry.
If for some reason this process
does not work - do an uninstall then re-install the setup file. If you
need to re-download the most current setup file (you failed to back it
up) then email mb@code-it.com for
support. Please include some "proof of registration" (i.e.
your order number, copy of receipt, or at the minimum - your name and
the approx. date you registered, etc.).
a Wyoming, USA company since
1997
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