re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD Monday, June 6, 2005 at 2:55 pm Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by David Urmston (2 messages posted) Hi, my friend's PC developed this problem with the error message at Boot time - missing shlddrv.vxd. Panda anti-virus software had been installed on the machine but was uninstalled some time before the missing file problem arose. What has happened though is that MS Word has become unavailable. Every time the application is invoked, it fails to open and the PC runs out of resources, causing a system lock up requiring a reboot using the reset button, as using Ctrl Alt Del fails. I have uninstalled, rebooted and re-installed MS Word from Works Suite 2000 CD, several times, and the same thing happens when Word is called. My friend never mentioned Media Player, but they probably never use it, so wouldn't miss it. I can't find shlddrv.vxd on the Dell System Recovery CD for the PC. Or on the Microsoft web site. Though some results from Google await investigation. As a last resort, the Registry or the System.ini can be modified to remove reference to the file at Boot time, but I doubt this will fix the problem with MS Word or Windows Media Player, assuming that the missing .vxd file is the culprit. Before I carve up my friends PC, I will do some more research into the uses of this shlddrv.vxd as the name suggests it may have effects on Windows operating system itself. If so, and it is integral to Windows 98se, rather than some application, it should be re-installed from the CD. Which, I believe can be done without losing your data, just the raft of Windows Updates you had installed. While I have had some training in this, I'm not an expert, so when I've found out some more I'll come back here to post what I've found. Regards David On Wednesday, June 1, 2005 at 11:36 am, Philno3 wrote: >I have the same problem and also noticed that at the same time my Wondows media player >stopped working and o maybe this object is needed for that application. > >Does anybody else with this object missing have the same problem using windows media >player to view mpeg's > > > Written in response to: re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD (Philno3: Wednesday, June 1, 2005 at 11:36 am) There are presently no replies to this message. All messages in this thread [show all] missing SHLDDRV.VXD (Roland: Wed, Feb 11, 2004, 6:03 pm) re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD (JmC: Wed, Feb 11, 2004, 8:40 pm) re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD (The Bob!: Sat, Dec 24, 2005, 5:54 am) re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD (Robert Odell: Sat, Dec 24, 2005, 11:56 am) re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD (Yvette: Mon, May 3, 2004, 6:50 pm) re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD (babette sindram: Fri, May 7, 2004, 10:17 am) re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD (Yvette: Tue, May 11, 2004, 3:06 pm) re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD (ATN: Thu, May 13, 2004, 12:12 pm) re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD (Bryan: Tue, Jun 28, 2005, 2:20 am) re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD (Luigina Marrelli: Sun, May 29, 2005, 4:40 pm) re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD (Philno3: Wed, Jun 1, 2005, 11:36 am) re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD (David Urmston: Mon, Jun 6, 2005, 2:55 pm) re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD (David Urmston: Mon, Jun 6, 2005, 3:47 pm) re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD (Robert Odell: Sun, Aug 7, 2005, 1:22 pm) re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD (gewg_: Mon, Aug 8, 2005, 2:48 am) re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD (Robert Odell: Mon, Aug 8, 2005, 2:55 am) re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD (gewg_: Mon, Aug 8, 2005, 3:08 am) re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD (Robert Odell: Mon, Aug 8, 2005, 3:24 am) re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD (Ms. Eagle: Mon, Aug 8, 2005, 8:42 am) re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD (Robert Odell: Mon, Aug 8, 2005, 11:28 am) re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD (Ms. Eagle: Mon, Aug 8, 2005, 12:03 pm) re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD (Robert Odell: Mon, Aug 8, 2005, 12:50 pm) re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD (sha: Thu, Dec 21, 2006, 10:34 pm) re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD (Robert Odell: Fri, Dec 22, 2006, 6:31 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum