".dll is either not designed to run on windows or it contains an error"
When I log into my computer I am greeted with a black screen and the error message above. After looking up how to fix the error I realized that people can navigate their computer which I cant all I can do is go into recovery state and into bios as well sometimes when I log in my Wallpaper Engine is open. I've tried resetting my computer fully but it messes up very early in the process.
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2025-03-23T17:51:40+00:00 -
Ramesh Srinivasan 88,095 Reputation points Independent Advisor
2025-03-23T12:56:22+00:00 Hi Christopher,
I was referring to the BCDEDIT output. If the OSdrive is mentioned as E:, then it's fine. There is no need for the output.
By the way, did the DIR command complete correctly? The screenshot shows the command was still in execution.
https://filestore.community.support.microsoft.c...
After it completes, it shows all the sfc.dll modules from the component store. We can find the latest one and copy it to System32 to fix the issue.
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Anonymous
2025-03-22T23:18:01+00:00 Which earlier commands?
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Ramesh Srinivasan 88,095 Reputation points Independent Advisor
2025-03-22T23:06:38+00:00 What as the output of the earlier commands? Please post all the outputs.
Also, the output of the DIR command I posted.