Intel Optane(tm) Memory Pinning: Unable to Load DLL

Anonymous
2019-08-29T04:07:36+00:00

Whenever I open Windows Explorer of select  a file in Explorer, I get the following error message:

Intel Optane(tm) Memory Pinning

Unable to load DLL

'iaStorAfsServiceApi.dll': The specified module could not be found.

(Exception from HRESULT: 0x8007001

Windows Explorer

I am running Windows 10. This only started after the last Windows 10 Update.

I have a DELL Laptop

Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-8750 CPU @ 2.20GHz 2.21

This is a very annoying message.

Can anyone assist?

Andrew

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Files, folders, and storage

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DaveM121 933.5K Reputation points Independent Advisor
2019-08-29T06:38:02+00:00

Hi Andrew

There does seem to be a conflict between the recent update and Intel Optane

Open the old Control Panel, go to Programs and Features

You should see a specific Intel Optane Software Component. Uninstall the Optane software

Restart your PC

In maybe a months time, go to the support page for your system on the Dell website, then download and install Intel Optane, they should have resolved this bug at that time . . .

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  1. Anonymous
    2019-09-02T06:58:30+00:00

    Hi,

    I have a Dell 3780 which just upgraded to Windows 10 version 1903 on 31Aug19.  I checked my Apps & Features which I had screen-snapped from the previous version of Win 10 and found Intel Optane Pinning Explorer Extensions was already installed, although I don't know the version.  Therefore I was reluctant to uninstall it as was also recommended on other websites. 

    In my case I had a Modify option to the App and when I clicked on it, expecting it to ask me what to do, it simply ran some form of checking routine that only lasted a few seconds, and the problem was solved.

    Maybe I was just lucky.

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  2. Anonymous
    2019-09-02T01:58:26+00:00

    Reset Optane instead of uninstalling it. Seems to work fine now.

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  3. Anonymous
    2019-09-02T01:50:43+00:00

    I have the same issue. Started with the latest Windows 10 update

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  4. Anonymous
    2019-09-01T19:02:52+00:00

    I had(hopefully) this problem & after reading this thread I went to uninstall but decided to try "Repair" instead"  it seems to have worked for now!!

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