My computer tells me error loading w1714528.dll. What is this?

Answer 1

Wow. I Yahoo and Googled that DLL and got nothing. Does it say that when it's booting? If so it's probably a program that runs on start-up with windows that's missing a dll. It may have been a shared dll that got deleted when you removed another program.

Answer 2

G'day there,

Well, I guess here it really depends on when you're getting this error. Do you get it when booting up? Shutting down? When trying to access a specified application? Trying to view a certain website?

How frequently do you get it?

The biggest issue I can think of here is just backing up. Try a program like SyncBack, you can schedule it to run quietly in the background every week, or night, or month or whatever. Just a few steps in the beginning, and it'll always do the rest for you. Back up either onto an external drive, different HD, even an FTP server. It's all good.

Next, do you remember when it started happening? After you installed a certain program, a game? Have you tried hacking into your own system32 folder (where a ton of dlls are stored?). Lol don't worry, I've hacked into that before. Messed up my computer and had to copy system files from another computer back onto my own. Scary experience, I don't advise it. :P

Only other thing I'd do is try System Restore, if you haven't done so already. Start >> Programs >> Accessories >> System Tools >> System Restore. Then choose an earlier date, to when you didn't have this error, and restore. Restoring doesn't get rid of any new documents/images, so you don't have to worry about those.

That's about all I can think of. If I had the answers to the questions above, I may be able to further help you. Try posting as much info as possible when you post a question like this, info and specs on your computer are ultimately valuable.


Tons of luck for now, though,
kyttiesaurus.

Answer 3

do a clean install you wont find the file online.or use a upgrade disk to save your stuff.