Error at start up - There was a problem starting P17RunE.dll

[Neil]

When i start my pc i get the error message :There was a problem starting P17RunE.dll. The specific module could not be found. I know it was from an old audio card from creative sound that i had removed awhile back and i have searched my computer to find the old drivers and deleted anything i could find but still comes up. i have contacted creative but no response. There has to be a way to get rid of this error message. Please any help would be great.

 

[Ian]

Hi @Neil, welcome to the forums.

Can you try checking to see if you've got any remnants of the creative sound card software loading on startup? This guide will help show you what is loading:

https://www.windows10forums.com/articles/manage-startup-programs.1/

If you're not sure if it's listed, just upload a screenshot in your reply and I'll do what I can to help .

 

[Neil]

I went back to windows 7 then reinstalled windows 10 and so far it hasn't come up.

 

[Michael.W]

I got over this problem by going in to regedit. Then go to edit go down to find & type in “P17runE” - click next

This will bring you to the first find. Go back to edit and click find next again this is the one I edited. Check the list on left right click and click Modify

just type Rem: at the beginning of the line " rem: RunDll32 P17RunE.dll,RunDLLEntry.if this doesn't work just remove the Rem in the line. Make a note of the location.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,SOFTWARE,Microsoft,WOW6432Node,Microsoft,Windows,CurrentVersion,Run