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Title: WinME DLL Hell!
Post by: Simon on October 19, 2004, 19:57

A friend has a problem with a missing dll in Windows ME.  The DLL in question is powrprof.dll.  I have sent her a copy of it, and she has tried to put it in C:\Windows\System, but says she is still getting the same error message, saying the DLL is missing.

I understand there is no System File Checker in ME, and no 'Repair' installation option, so how does she go about replacing this DLL, without resorting to a full format and re-installation?

Title: Re:WinME DLL Hell!
Post by: Hiatus on October 19, 2004, 20:12

Is the .dll supposed to go in the \system folder?


I'm guessing this is a laptop? powrprof.dll sounds like a program to monitor battery life or something.

The .dll might have to go into the program folder.

I dunno, worth a try.  :-\

Title: Re:WinME DLL Hell!
Post by: joudi on October 19, 2004, 20:14

I don't know if you've passed by. But probably this will give some light to the problem Simon:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q188213/

Title: Re:WinME DLL Hell!
Post by: Hiatus on October 19, 2004, 20:25

oooo, PowerProfile.....I never thought of that,  ;D


Nice work joudi  :)

Title: Re:WinME DLL Hell!
Post by: Simon on October 19, 2004, 20:34

Thanks Joudi, but that relates to Win98.  ME doesn't have System File Checker (sfc.exe), so is it just a question of copying the file into the \system folder?  This is a desktop PC, not a laptop, and I spoke to another ME user last night, who confirmed that the powrprof.dll lived in the \system folder on her machine.

Title: Re:WinME DLL Hell!
Post by: Hiatus on October 19, 2004, 21:19

Yup, ok, it's there. I checked my laptop.


Mine is 26kb if that matters. Also, it's supposed to load on startup.

I don't know if it matters whether or not it loads at startup if the file is corrupted. Usually it should though.

Title: Re:WinME DLL Hell!
Post by: chorleydave on October 19, 2004, 22:38

If you continue to have the problem, Simon, you could do a Run > MSCONFIG and remove the ticks from LoadPowerProfile from the startup items.  (It will probably appear twice.)  

I have always stopped it from running on all my machines (as I don't like unnecessary programs loading at startup) without any problems whatsoever.  If I'm going to be away from the PC for a long time, and I can't be bothered to shut down, I simply hit the sleep key on my keyboard, and then the wake up key when I return.

Title: Re:WinME DLL Hell!
Post by: Simon on October 20, 2004, 00:48

That's worth considering, Dave.  I'm not even sure what LoadPowerProfile actually is.  Is it the same as Power Management in XP?

Title: Re:WinME DLL Hell!
Post by: Lona on October 20, 2004, 00:54

Like Dave, I stop load power profile at startup as well. Dunno what it does but somebody told me to untick it on startup folder as it's not needed at startup.

Title: Re:WinME DLL Hell!
Post by: chorleydave on October 20, 2004, 22:25

Quote from: Simon on October 20, 2004, 00:48

That's worth considering, Dave.  I'm not even sure what LoadPowerProfile actually is.  Is it the same as Power Management in XP?

AFAIK, Simon, it is exactly the same.  I have read numerous articles advising stopping it as it is a resource guzzler.

Title: Re:WinME DLL Hell!
Post by: Simon on October 20, 2004, 23:52

Well, the bloody woman has now lost the dll I sent her, and has given up  ::) so it looks like I'll be getting the wretched thing to try to repair!  Do you think she'd notice if I accidentally put W2K on it instead?    ;D ;D