".dll is either not designed to run on windows or it contains an error"

Anonymous
2025-03-22T22:03:36+00:00

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.

Windows for home | Windows 10 | Performance and system failures

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  1. Ramesh Srinivasan 88,095 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-03-25T04:03:53+00:00

    You made a typo. The spaces shouldn't be removed. Please type exactly I posted.

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-03-25T04:01:25+00:00

    The first one gives.

    The second one gives.

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  3. Ramesh Srinivasan 88,095 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-03-25T02:53:03+00:00

    Did you run this command?

    sfc /scannow /offbootdir=e:\  /offwindir=e:\windows  /offlogfile=e:\sfcoffline.txt

    If so, what was the output?

    Also, run:

    sfc /scannow /offbootdir=e:\ /offwindir=e:\windows

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-03-24T18:42:12+00:00

    This is what pops up from the notepad command.

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  5. Ramesh Srinivasan 88,095 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-03-24T18:25:35+00:00

    If you can't enter the desktop, please run the following in WinRE.

    sfc /scannow /offbootdir=e:\  /offwindir=e:\windows  /offlogfile=e:\sfcoffline.txt

    Then, run "notepad e:\sfcoffline.txt".

    We must look for lines containing the word "repair". Post the screenshot of the file contents.

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