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220-1002 · Question #117

A technician installs new software on a customer's Windows 8 1 computer and is getting a missing DLL error. The technician verifies that the DLL file is located m the proper directory. Which of the…

The correct answer is B. regsvr32. The regsvr32 tool registers or re-registers DLL files with the Windows Registry, resolving missing DLL errors when the file is present but not properly registered.

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Question

A technician installs new software on a customer's Windows 8 1 computer and is getting a missing DLL error. The technician verifies that the DLL file is located m the proper directory. Which of the following tools could be used to resolve this issue1?

Options

  • Agrub
  • Bregsvr32
  • Cdefrag
  • Dtracert

How the community answered

(21 responses)
  • A
    10% (2)
  • B
    86% (18)
  • C
    5% (1)

Why each option

The regsvr32 tool registers or re-registers DLL files with the Windows Registry, resolving missing DLL errors when the file is present but not properly registered.

Agrub

grub (Grand Unified Bootloader) is a Linux/Unix boot loader and has no function in Windows DLL registration or software troubleshooting.

Bregsvr32Correct

regsvr32.exe calls the DllRegisterServer export of a DLL to write its COM class and interface information into the Windows Registry; when software reports a missing DLL despite the file being on disk, it often means the DLL is unregistered, and running regsvr32 followed by the DLL path corrects this registration and resolves the error.

Cdefrag

defrag is a disk defragmentation utility that reorganizes file storage for performance; it does not interact with DLL registration or resolve missing component errors.

Dtracert

tracert is a network diagnostic tool that traces the route packets take to a destination IP address and has no relevance to DLL registration on a local system.

Concept tested: Using regsvr32 to register DLL files in Windows

Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/regsvr32

Topics

#DLL error#regsvr32#DLL registration#software installation

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