explorer.dll. The specified module could not be found.
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@Carlos-Zhang said in explorer.dll. The specified module could not be found.:
I happen to have another tool Process Hacker which can also find dlls.
I don’t think this is the same goal.
ProcMonitor will say which DDL notepad++ querys on plugin loading.
Process hacker will say which one is in use but in your situation , explorer.dll is not loaded, so it’s not in use. You’ll wont find it in process hacker -
Suggestion:
OP is doing too much thinking and this is a problem because his thinking is counter-productive to the thinking of the people trying to help him.
OP needs to do (exactly and only) what the helpers are suggesting, and report back clear results.
That’s the only way this is going to get solved for the OP. My 2c.
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Hi, @peterjones and All,
Sorry to answer only now, but my wife and I spent the big weekend of
May 1st
doing some interior renovations, in our living room !
I also got problems with the plugin explorer.dll (
v1.8.8.0 - x86 - 222,720 bytes
) !When I started N++, I was told that
This application could not be start as MSVCP140.dll could not be found
! I started searching with theDependency Walker
software and it happened that all the following DLL were missing to getexplorer.dll
to work properly !********************************| Module List |********************************* * * * Legend: D Delay Load Module ? Missing Module 6 64-bit Module * * * Dynamic Module ! Invalid Module * * E Import/Export Mismatch or Load Failure * * * ******************************************************************************** Module File Time Stamp Link Time Stamp File Size Attr. Link Checksum Real Checksum CPU Subsystem Symbols Preferred Base Actual Base Virtual Size Load Order File Ver Product Ver Image Ver Linker Ver OS Ver Subsystem Ver ----- ------------------------------------- ---------------- ---------------- ---------- ----- ------------- ------------- --- --------- ---------- -------------- ----------- ------------ ---------- --------------- --------------- --------- ---------- ------ ------------- [ ? ] API-MS-WIN-CRT-CONVERT-L1-1-0.DLL Error opening file. Le fichier spécifié est introuvable (2). [ ? ] API-MS-WIN-CRT-ENVIRONMENT-L1-1-0.DLL Error opening file. Le fichier spécifié est introuvable (2). [ ? ] API-MS-WIN-CRT-FILESYSTEM-L1-1-0.DLL Error opening file. Le fichier spécifié est introuvable (2). [ ? ] API-MS-WIN-CRT-HEAP-L1-1-0.DLL Error opening file. Le fichier spécifié est introuvable (2). [ ? ] API-MS-WIN-CRT-LOCALE-L1-1-0.DLL Error opening file. Le fichier spécifié est introuvable (2). [ ? ] API-MS-WIN-CRT-MATH-L1-1-0.DLL Error opening file. Le fichier spécifié est introuvable (2). [ ? ] API-MS-WIN-CRT-MULTIBYTE-L1-1-0.DLL Error opening file. Le fichier spécifié est introuvable (2). [ ? ] API-MS-WIN-CRT-RUNTIME-L1-1-0.DLL Error opening file. Le fichier spécifié est introuvable (2). [ ? ] API-MS-WIN-CRT-STDIO-L1-1-0.DLL Error opening file. Le fichier spécifié est introuvable (2). [ ? ] API-MS-WIN-CRT-STRING-L1-1-0.DLL Error opening file. Le fichier spécifié est introuvable (2). [ ? ] API-MS-WIN-CRT-TIME-L1-1-0.DLL Error opening file. Le fichier spécifié est introuvable (2). [ ? ] API-MS-WIN-CRT-UTILITY-L1-1-0.DLL Error opening file. Le fichier spécifié est introuvable (2). [ ? ] VCRUNTIME140.DLL Error opening file. Le fichier spécifié est introuvable (2). [D? ] CONCRT140.DLL Error opening file. Le fichier spécifié est introuvable (2). [D? ] IESHIMS.DLL Error opening file. Le fichier spécifié est introuvable (2). [D? ] WER.DLL Error opening file. Le fichier spécifié est introuvable (2). ... ... ... ************************************| Log |************************************* Error: At least one required implicit or forwarded dependency was not found. Warning: At least one delay-load dependency module was not found. Warning: At least one module has an unresolved import due to a missing export function in a delay-load dependent module.
However, after download and installation of the missing dll, either, in
system32
folder or in...\Plugins\Explorer
, I always got the same messageThis application could not be start as MSVCP140.dll could not be found
:-((.Luckily, the next day, I found out the solution ! As my
Win WP SP3
laptop is quite an antiquity, when rebuilding the OS, after aC
partition crash, in 2018, I simply had installed theMicrosoft Visual C++ 2013 Redistribuable x86
So I decided to upgrade and downloaded the
Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015
. As the requirements includeWin XP SP3
, even ifVS2015
is not present, and that some hardware specifications were OK, I ran the executable and restarted my laptop.And…, miraculously, after starting notepad++, no more error message and the
Explorer
plugin was well installed and fully functional ;-))Best Regards,
guy038
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@guy038
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@PeterJones said in explorer.dll. The specified module could not be found.:
And please make sure you try my suggestion #2 of renaming the DLL and its folder.
Yes I did. Please see above.
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@Carlos-Zhang said in explorer.dll. The specified module could not be found.:
Yes I did. Please see above.
Sorry, it looked so much like the post above that I didn’t notice the picture was different. My bad.
It does not look like Windows is trying to load the wrong DLL when Notepad++ requests Explorer.dll / MyExplorer.dll. So, that’s good news … but also not helpful, unfortunately. :-(
My next guess would be that @guy038 is on the right track: try to download the most recent “Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable”: I believe that this MS page has the most recent versions of the redistributables. Since you are on 64bit OS, but using 32bit applications, I would suggest installing both the x86 and the x64 versions from the 2015/2017/2019 section at the top.
If that isn’t sufficient, since you do have a 64bit OS, try downloading the 64bit Notepad++ portable zipfile, and unzip it to your desktop. Try to install the Explorer plugin in the 64bit (using Plugins Admin), and see if that one works better for you.
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@cmeriaux said in explorer.dll. The specified module could not be found.:
ProcMonitor will say which DDL notepad++ querys on plugin loading.
Here you are.
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@guy038 said in explorer.dll. The specified module could not be found.:
So I decided to upgrade and downloaded the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015.
I downloaded the Microsoft Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015, 2017 and 2019 for x86 from
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/2977003/the-latest-supported-visual-c-downloads.
It really miraculously solved the issue.
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@Carlos-Zhang said in explorer.dll. The specified module could not be found.:
It really miraculously solved the issue.
I am glad it solved the issue for you.
But it wasn’t a miracle: if the plugin has a dependency on the MSVC++ Redistributable, then that dependency must be satisfied in order to run. Unfortunately, plugins don’t always advertise that requirement.
I have submitted an issue #12 and PR #15 to fix oviradoi’s README to include that requirement.
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@Carlos-Zhang said in explorer.dll. The specified module could not be found.:
Plugins > Open Plugins Folder: Nothing happened. File Manager did not open.
I also fixed this by this page:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/929833/use-the-system-file-checker-tool-to-repair-missing-or-corrupted-system
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