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Visual Studio.Net 2003 Error : "The specified module could not be found"

Lately I have been seeing the Visual Studio.Net 2003 Error : "The specified module could not be found" when I go to create a new project or solution.  No files and no references are created.  Super annoying to have to add the basic references and create the source files on your own.  Oh, and I couldnt even add a new .CS source file to the project.  Again with the same error. 

This morning I decided to get to the bottom of the issue.  I unistalled the product completely, then reinstalled it.  Blew away my whole morning.  Man that sucks.

So I figured that would just fix it?  Right?  Nope.  Same annoying error. 

For some reason I was compelled to Google for the error. A few links into the results and I see this conversation.  I thought to myself, it couldnt be that easy, just regsvr32 the obscure dll.  What the heck do I have to lose? So I gave it a try...

regsvr32 %systemroot%\System32\Scrrun.dll

Bingo.  It fixed it.  Next time, I will search for the issue first, before wasting my morning.  Just silly.

 

Posted: Feb 28 2005, 01:21 PM by Rob Chartier | with 18 comment(s)
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Rick said:

I too tried re-installing first. Waste of time.

Excellent fix. Thanks for the link!
# March 3, 2005 7:09 PM

Betsy said:

Thanks for the help. It saved me from a reinstall, and it worked!
# March 26, 2005 4:39 PM

TrackBack said:

^_^,Pretty Good!
# April 10, 2005 9:25 AM

steve said:

thanks, that was easy!
# July 31, 2006 10:54 AM

Sreejith said:

Thank you very much... Really excellent solution for this error... thanks again Sreejith.
# August 9, 2006 12:00 AM

Lubna said:

Excellent Fix!!
# August 17, 2006 6:40 AM

Jake said:

Thanks heaps. I did a repair (wasted my time), then Google'd and found this. Worked a treat.
# September 17, 2006 7:44 AM

shan said:

Thanks for ur help...
# September 22, 2006 12:51 PM

Daniel said:

After troubleshooting the problem for 5 or 6 hours, I finally Googled the error and found this fix. Worked like a charm! Thanks a bunch!

# November 17, 2006 2:32 PM

Rico said:

It didn't work for me :(

# April 6, 2007 9:21 AM

Iannis said:

interesting

# June 12, 2007 1:31 AM

Raghu said:

Oh.. my god... you should be a "wizard"

# August 4, 2007 4:48 AM

# said:

Did not work for me.

# August 22, 2007 5:33 PM

Willits said:

Didnt Work for me either. can you run me through the steps. step by step?

Thanks for your time!

# September 3, 2007 5:49 PM

Deroc said:

Its after a long time and i'm using vs2005, but the sme fix worked for me. Thanks...

# February 20, 2008 11:51 PM

Sam Yong said:

failed for me.

my error code was 7E 00 00 00

# June 16, 2008 5:36 AM

Jeff said:

I have  tried to unregister and re-register the .dll but still nothing?

Please help.

# December 10, 2008 1:22 PM

vijay said:

Dude it worked.. thx a lot.. saved a lot of time...

# August 25, 2009 6:46 AM
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