".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.

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  1. Ramesh Srinivasan 88,095 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-03-24T02:43:20+00:00

    Try:

    ren E:\Windows\System32\sfc.dll  sfc_old.dll

    If that runs fine, run these commands:

    cd /d "E:\windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-sfc_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.19041.4355_none_1befe316116bdc0f"

copy /y sfc.dll E:\Windows\System32\

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  2. Anonymous
    2025-03-24T02:38:52+00:00

    Its saying I cant access it because its being used and that 0 files were copied.

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  3. Ramesh Srinivasan 88,095 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-03-24T02:34:33+00:00

    Run:

    cd /d "E:\windows\winsxs\amd64_microsoft-windows-sfc_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.19041.4355_none_1befe316116bdc0f"

copy /y sfc.dll E:\Windows\System32\

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  4. Anonymous
    2025-03-24T02:32:45+00:00

    I tried to get all of it that time.

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  5. Ramesh Srinivasan 88,095 Reputation points Independent Advisor
    2025-03-24T02:32:37+00:00

    Yes, the 12 MB file (1/09/24) is the correct one.

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