For the most part, gamers install regisvr32 error “Failed to load the module”, installing unofficial copies of popular games on their computers, when hacking or bypassing licensing requires registering some components in the form of dynamic libraries themselves. However, according to user reviews on the Internet, quite often this situation can be observed even when working with Adobe Creative Cloud, not to mention the numerous programs designed for multimedia processing.
What is the regsvr32 tool for?
Especially without going into technical details, for ordinary users it is worth noting that the regsvr32 toolkit is a special tool for registering system components in the Windows OS of all recent generations. This applies to so-called OLE objects, in particular, ActiveX controls and any other dynamic-link DLLs.
Such objects are sometimes not enough to simply copy to the system folder, because the operating system will not be able to work with them like that. That is why for Windows (so that she "sees" them), you need to add information about the copied library. But, as mentioned above, often instead of registering, the user receives the error regsvr32 "Failed to load the module." This can happen for completely different reasons, which depend on the registered components themselves, on the bit depth of the operating system, and even on the wrong actions of the user himself.
Error regsvr32 “Failed to load the module”: fixing the problem by the simplest method
If anyone does not know, registration of any component in the system using the regsvr32 tool is performed either through the command line or through the Run console, but the first option is much more preferable. All registered libraries are placed in special directories. In the case of Windows 32 bits, the final location is the System32 folder, and in 64-bit OS libraries can contain both the above directory and the SysWOW64 directory. But the command line is not so simple. It is possible that the user receives the error message regsvr32 “Failed to load the module” only because the console is started without the appropriate rights to perform certain operations. Thus, the command line must be run exclusively on behalf of the administrator.
In Windows 7 and below, the corresponding item should be noted when entering the cmd command in the "Run" menu, in the eighth and tenth modifications, you can use the corresponding item from the PCM menu on the "Start" button, and a common solution for all recent versions of Windows is to start a new tasks with administrator priority from the "Task Manager".
Additional Library Registration Technique
Despite having the necessary rights when entering the system under administrator registration or by launching the command console described above, the regsvr32 error “Could not load the module” may also appear because the library was not placed in the SysWOW64 directory on a 64-bit system.
Just copy the registered component from the System32 directory to the specified location, and then execute the registration command “% systemroot% \ SysWoW64 \ regsvr32” (without quotes), indicating the full path to the desired library with a space.
Troubleshooting regsvr32 "Failed to load the module" (msvcp110.dll is missing on the computer)
In the case of msvcp libraries (and not only with number 110), registration failures in most cases indicate the absence or malfunctioning of the special MS Visual C ++ platform. In this situation, it is necessary to pay attention to which version of the platform is necessary for the operation of these components.
After that, it can be installed in recovery mode even through the standard section of programs and components (the "Change" button). Sometimes you can do something easier by downloading the original libraries from the official Microsoft resource, then register them using the methods described above, or completely reinstall the entire platform. In this case, before installing it is advisable to download the official distribution, delete the existing version, and only then perform a “clean” installation.