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App failed to start - MSCTF.dll not found

Discussion in 'Windows OS' started by tomjb, Jul 12, 2008.

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  1. tomjb Newcomer, in training

    Greetings!
    When starting up some programs, including Win Excell, I am getting the message "Unable to locate component. This application has failed to start because MSCTF.dll was not found. Reinstalling this application may fix this problem." And then the application starts anyway.
    I'd like for that error message to stop <grin>.
    So, I reinstalled Office 2003 - no joy.
    I've found 3 instances of msctf.dll,
    one is in C:Windows\servicePackFiles\i386
    another is in C:Windows\System32\dllcache


    I hope someone here can offer a suggestion.
    Tks! - TomJB
    tomjb, Jul 12, 2008
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  2. rf6647 Newcomer, in training

    rf6647, Jul 15, 2008
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