Windows Fixed: MSN opening error - WLDCore.dll error

my msn will not open it simply crashes

have tried the good old fashioned reboot and an uninstall and reinstall of the program, any ideas people?


ty in advance

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This Problem reported itself as a WLDCore.dll error in event viewer, below is the fix

Fix found:

go to in registry:

HK_CU->Software->Microsoft->MSNMessanger->PerPassportSettings-><number here>->UTL and delete this key*

*** make a backup in-case it doesn't work
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have you tried running a clean up program to make sure there's no old files left behind?

 

nope, linky please?

 

Do you get any errors at all? Event viewer might be a good place to look and see if there's anything thats popped up in there.

 

Code:

Faulting application name: msnmsgr.exe, version: 14.0.8117.416, time stamp: 0x4bc935af
Faulting module name: WLDCore.dll, version: 14.0.8117.416, time stamp: 0x4bc93503
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x00002ee5
Faulting process id: 0x1240
Faulting application start time: 0x01cb34950b6896cb
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Messenger\msnmsgr.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Windows Live\Messenger\WLDCore.dll
Report Id: 4c28be6d-a088-11df-950a-a4badb9c4e73

seems to be a .dll error, oh great ¬¬

 

uninstall live messenger > delete the Windows live messenger directory in program files > run a cleanup program such as ccleaner > reinstall WLM

 

tried it, didnt work, also tried copying the dll from a working pc and still not working

 

Thats the one, saved me having to type it all out...lol

 

yer, but i did that and it didnt work. :/ this is soo annoying

 

as stupid as it sounds, make sure you have the right time and date set on your computer. If it's late, messenger won't start.

 

yep auto sync, this is confusing me soo much

 

OMG totally forgot that, happened to me a few years ago. I think you may have cracked it!

 

after doing the first part (removing wlm) run the registry clean up tool in ccleaner then reinstall wlm...

 

Check what knuck said , thats what messed mine up .

 

nope tried all of the above and its still not working :/

 

Ok next step I guess is throw it all out of the window...If I can come up with anything better in the mean time I'll let you know

 

Check you system registry files

 

i dont go near the registry often enough to know what to look for so some explaination please mate

Edit: just used the guest account (yes that horrible thing) and it works fine on that one so its something on this user profile

 

Fix found:

go to in registry:

HK_CU->Software->Microsoft->MSNMessanger->PerPassportSettings-><number here>->UTL and delete this key*

*** make a backup in-case it doesn't work, however it does for me, I will also edit this fix into the first post.