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re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD Wednesday, February 11, 2004 at 8:40 pm Posted by JmC (14166 messages posted) It would be a good idea to backup the registry first. Select Start/Run, type SCANREGW in the 'Open' box and press enter. When prompted, select 'YES" to back it up. Select Start/Run, type REGEDIT in the 'Open' box and press enter. When Registry Editor opens, click 'Edit' on the toolbar and then 'Find'. Next in the 'Find what:' window type SHLDDRV.VXD and press enter. If the entry is found, it should show in the right pane. Right-click it and select 'Delete' from the menu. You can then press the 'F3' key to continue the search for other instances. Close the editor and reboot. On Wednesday, February 11, 2004 at 6:03 pm, Chris wrote: >After running a virus scan, I have been receiving an error message upon boot up saying >that the file SHLDDRV.VXD is missing. I suspect that this file was overwritten by >a virus and was deleted in the scan. I did a Google search and found only one other >post of an instance of this happening to anyone else, and the few fixes they were >given did not fix my problem. Is there any way I can get rid of this error on boot? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD Monday, May 3, 2004 at 6:50 pm Posted by Yvette (2 messages posted) Its now May -Have you recovered your SHLDDRV.VXD? I did a virus scan also and when I deleted the scanner it started this problem when booted! I was wondering if you've gotten any relief yet? On Wednesday, February 11, 2004 at 6:03 pm, Roland wrote: >After running a virus scan, I have been receiving an error message upon boot up saying >that the file SHLDDRV.VXD is missing. I suspect that this file was overwritten by >a virus and was deleted in the scan. I did a Google search and found only one other >post of an instance of this happening to anyone else, and the few fixes they were >given did not fix my problem. Is there any way I can get rid of this error on boot? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD Friday, May 7, 2004 at 10:17 am Posted by babette sindram (1 messages posted) I got the same problem (missing SHLDRV.VXD)after using a virusscan, did any one find the solution yet? On Monday, May 3, 2004 at 6:50 pm, Yvette wrote: >Its now May -Have you recovered your SHLDDRV.VXD? >I did a virus scan also and when I deleted the scanner it started this problem when >booted! I was wondering if you've gotten any relief yet? > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD Tuesday, May 11, 2004 at 3:06 pm Posted by Yvette (2 messages posted) I did it Idid It!!!!actually I got a tech to instruct me he was wonderful and I'm ecstatic , it took 2 times repeating the process to delete all the offending files but now she boots like a champ!The following are the instructions I followed.........Hope it works for you too! In order to fix this problem, you have to change the Windows Registry. Changing the Windows Registry, may cause harmful damage to your computer, therefore, before I tell you the fix, you must back up your registry. To do that, follow these steps: - Click "Start" >> "Run" >> Type in "regedit" - The Windows Registry should now pop up - Click "File" >> "Export" and save the file to a known location, where you can access it, if something goes wrong Now for the fix, please follow the instructions listed below: - Click "Start" >> "Run" >> Type in "regedit" - Click "Edit" >> "Find" >> Type in "SHLDDRV.VXD" - Right-click it, and select "Delete" - If you press F3, you can find all other occurrences of this file -- If it cannot find the file go to "hkey_local_machine" >> "system" >> "current control set" >> "services" >> "vxd" -- Right-click and delete the line if it contains "Shlddrv.vxd" On Friday, May 7, 2004 at 10:17 am, babette sindram wrote: >I got the same problem (missing SHLDRV.VXD)after using a virusscan, did any >one find the solution yet? > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD Thursday, May 13, 2004 at 12:12 pm Posted by ATN (1 messages posted) I get rid of the boot up message by deleting the SHLDDRV.VXD entries in the registry. The problem appeared after a virus scan with Panda Antivirus Titanium 2004. Thanks Yvette. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD Sunday, May 29, 2005 at 4:40 pm Posted by Luigina Marrelli (1 messages posted) Hi I am Luigina Marrelli,My computer is saying that there is a file SHLDDRV.VXD is missing.What do i do? when my is off it is okay.When i turn the computer on this thing comes on saying that it is missing so want do i do?I still have windows 98 it works but just this file thing that it is missing SHLDDRV.VXD. Please e-mail me at LuiginaMarrelli69@hotmail.com To tell me what to do .Thank you. On Friday, May 7, 2004 at 10:17 am, babette sindram wrote: >I got the same problem (missing SHLDRV.VXD)after using a virusscan, did any >one find the solution yet? > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD Wednesday, June 1, 2005 at 11:36 am Posted by Philno3 (1 messages posted) 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 On Sunday, May 29, 2005 at 4:40 pm, Luigina Marrelli wrote: >Hi I am Luigina Marrelli,My computer is saying that there is a file SHLDDRV.VXD is >missing.What do i do? >when my is off it is okay.When i turn the computer >on this thing comes on saying that it is missing so >want do i do?I still have windows 98 it works but just >this file thing that it is missing SHLDDRV.VXD. >Please e-mail me at LuiginaMarrelli69@hotmail.com >To tell me what to do .Thank you. > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD Monday, June 6, 2005 at 2:55 pm 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 > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD Monday, June 6, 2005 at 3:47 pm Posted by David Urmston (2 messages posted) Hello, I wrote earlier tonight that I also have seen this problem, on my friends PC. From reading posts on other forums, many others are having this problem too. Here is an URL for a forum where the advice about how to stop the annoyance is the same as here, by deleting the line from The Registry with the additional route by manipulating the line in the System.ini file. http://www.computing.net/windows95/wwwboard/forum/155179.html Remember to make the backups before you do any deleting and you should be OK. regards David On Wednesday, February 11, 2004 at 6:03 pm, Roland wrote: >After running a virus scan, I have been receiving an error message upon boot up saying >that the file SHLDDRV.VXD is missing. I suspect that this file was overwritten by >a virus and was deleted in the scan. I did a Google search and found only one other >post of an instance of this happening to anyone else, and the few fixes they were >given did not fix my problem. Is there any way I can get rid of this error on boot? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD Tuesday, June 28, 2005 at 2:20 am Posted by Bryan (1 messages posted) Thanks Yvette it worked on the 2nd attempt On Tuesday, May 11, 2004 at 3:06 pm, Yvette wrote: >I did it Idid It!!!!actually I got a tech to instruct me he was wonderful and I'm >ecstatic , it took 2 times repeating the process to delete all the offending files >but now she boots like a champ!The following are the instructions I followed.........Hope >it works for you too! > > >In order to fix this problem, you have to change the Windows Registry. Changing the >Windows Registry, may cause harmful damage to your computer, therefore, before I >tell you the fix, you must back up your registry. To do that, follow these steps: >- Click "Start" >> "Run" >> Type in "regedit" >- The Windows Registry should now pop up >- Click "File" >> "Export" and save the file to a known location, where you can access >it, if something goes wrong > >Now for the fix, please follow the instructions listed below: >- Click "Start" >> "Run" >> Type in "regedit" >- Click "Edit" >> "Find" >> Type in "SHLDDRV.VXD" >- Right-click it, and select "Delete" >- If you press F3, you can find all other occurrences of this file > >-- If it cannot find the file go to "hkey_local_machine" >> "system" >> "current >control set" >> "services" >> "vxd" >-- Right-click and delete the line if it contains "Shlddrv.vxd" > > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD Sunday, August 7, 2005 at 1:22 pm Posted by Robert Odell (71 messages posted) THERE ARE MANY REPLIES ON THIS THREAD BUT NONE OF THEM SAY HOW TO REINSTALL THE FILE. The need is to get rid of the StartUp screen saying "CANNOT FIND...." Will much appreciate some help on this vexing situation. It has arisen as a consequence of installing PANDA and removing Norton AV. Cordially, RO On Wednesday, February 11, 2004 at 6:03 pm, Roland wrote: >After running a virus scan, I have been receiving an error message upon boot up saying >that the file SHLDDRV.VXD is missing. I suspect that this file was overwritten by >a virus and was deleted in the scan. I did a Google search and found only one other >post of an instance of this happening to anyone else, and the few fixes they were >given did not fix my problem. Is there any way I can get rid of this error on boot? [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD Monday, August 8, 2005 at 2:48 am Posted by gewg_ (3925 messages posted) |THERE ARE MANY REPLIES ON THIS THREAD |BUT NONE OF THEM SAY HOW TO REINSTALL THE FILE. | Robert Odell from the other thread you started: :Meanwhile I still am in urgent need of exactly how to restore the file : http://www.google.com/search?q=SHLDDRV.vxd+repair+missing-a-file [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD Monday, August 8, 2005 at 2:55 am Posted by Robert Odell (71 messages posted) Thank you. That was the message I thought had been removed following admin info. You are right; I am wrong. Sincerely, RO PS: Live in hope someone will come up with just how I can restore that file. On Monday, August 8, 2005 at 2:48 am, gewg_ wrote: >|THERE ARE MANY REPLIES ON THIS THREAD >|BUT NONE OF THEM SAY HOW TO REINSTALL THE FILE. >| Robert Odell > >from the other thread you started: >:Meanwhile I still am in urgent need of exactly how to restore the file >: >http://www.google.com/search?q=SHLDDRV.vxd+repair+missing-a-file [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD Monday, August 8, 2005 at 3:08 am Posted by gewg_ (3925 messages posted) |[I] Live in hope someone will come up with just how I can restore that file. | Robert Odell Did you not read what is at Bleeping Computer? What is so freaking difficult to understand? If you have deleted Panda, clean out your Registry. If you want to keep Panda, reinstall it. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD Monday, August 8, 2005 at 3:24 am Posted by Robert Odell (71 messages posted) Hi again: Despite your vituperative responses you are at this time my only source of help. 1. I assume your reference to Bleeping forum is the 11FEB04 8:40 pm JmC reply. What is so freaking difficult for you to understand that reply had nothing to say about restoration? As my Annoyances message clearly stated, I followed directions in that message BUT the file restoration is entirely missing. 2. Do you bother to read my messages or just ignore them? I said I downloaded Panda, and have not installed. So why do to refer to IF this-or-that? 3. If you are in fact as knowledgable as you pretend, why not get to the subject: Path to RESTORE and/or a copy of the needed file for cut/paste including where to paste? Sincerely, RO On Monday, August 8, 2005 at 3:08 am, gewg_ wrote: >|[I] Live in hope someone will come up with just how I can restore that file. >| Robert Odell > >Did you not read what is at Bleeping Computer? >What is so freaking difficult to understand? > >If you have deleted Panda, clean out your Registry. >If you want to keep Panda, reinstall it. [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD Monday, August 8, 2005 at 8:42 am Posted by Ms. Eagle (33507 messages posted) No, you don't need to restore that file, you need to remove all references to it, inspite of what you think! Search the registry for that VXD file, by name, and remove all instances of it. End of story! So, drop it and just do it. Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD Monday, August 8, 2005 at 11:28 am Posted by Robert Odell (71 messages posted) Thank you, Carol J. I thought I had made it very clear I have already done the removal. The problem remains: At startUp, "... Cannot find file.." I'll be much obliged if you can tell me where to find it (bearing in mind I do not have CD disk or use of SafeMode). On Monday, August 8, 2005 at 8:42 am, Carol J wrote: > >No, you don't need to restore that file, you need to remove all references to it, >inspite of what you think! Search the registry for that VXD file, by name, and remove >all instances of it. > >End of story! So, drop it and just do it. > > > > >color="003399">Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD Monday, August 8, 2005 at 12:03 pm Posted by Ms. Eagle (33507 messages posted) "I thought I had made it very clear I have already done the removal. The problem remains: At startUp, "... Cannot find file.." And, several of us have made it VERY CLEAR, what you need to do. Apparently, you didn't get all traces removed, or you wouldn't be getting that message. Follow the advice you've been given, or live with the problem. Good grief........are you for real?? You don't need a CD disk... you need to SEARCH THE REGISTRY FOR THAT VXD FILE, AND DELETE ALL INSTANCES. Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD Monday, August 8, 2005 at 12:50 pm Posted by Robert Odell (71 messages posted) Good grief, indeed Carol J. I am for real and I wonder if you are. Why is it so difficult for you to understand the removal was accomplished precisely as directed. From memory I believe the right pane reference for the specific file was as10, but don't hold me to it. There were a series of numbers 08/10/12/14, etc. And where is the logic to Cannot find file... which has been purposely and completely removed ? Your gratuitous assertion I have not followed advice given is completely unwarranted. The patronizing tone of your response as well as its content belies any effort to help those who admittedly do not have your superior knowledge. Have a great day! Don't waste it on me. Sincerely, RO On Monday, August 8, 2005 at 12:03 pm, Carol J wrote: > >"I thought I had made it very clear I have already done the removal. >The problem remains: At startUp, "... Cannot find file.." > >And, several of us have made it VERY CLEAR, what you need to do. Apparently, you >didn't get all traces removed, or you wouldn't be getting that message. Follow the >advice you've been given, or live with the problem. > >Good grief........are you for real?? > >You don't need a CD disk... you need to SEARCH THE REGISTRY FOR THAT VXD FILE, AND >DELETE ALL INSTANCES. > > > > >color="003399">Dealing with Unwanted Spyware and Parasites [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD Saturday, December 24, 2005 at 5:54 am Posted by The Bob! (1 messages posted) Thank you very much, it's nice that some people are still human and nice to others. No more probleme, Yé! Have a nice Holyday! The Bob! [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD Saturday, December 24, 2005 at 11:56 am Posted by Robert Odell (71 messages posted) Reciprocate your good wishes and hope you'll enjoy a Merry Christmas and all good things that follow in the New Year. Cordially, RO On Saturday, December 24, 2005 at 5:54 am, The Bob! wrote: >Thank you very much, it's nice that some people are still human and nice to others. >No more probleme, Yé! >Have a nice Holyday! The Bob! > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD Thursday, December 21, 2006 at 10:34 pm Posted by sha (1 messages posted) the missing file is a system.ini file that is associared with a microsoft word application process with the extention wra0897.wbk it can easyly be recovered using a recovery system such as system mechanic, just look for missing SHLDDRV.VXD and recover it or try finding the file on microsoft web pages On Monday, August 8, 2005 at 12:50 pm, Robert Odell wrote: > >Good grief, indeed Carol J. I am for real and I wonder if you are. Why is it so difficult >for you to understand the removal was accomplished precisely as directed. From memory >I believe the right pane reference for the specific file was as10, but don't hold >me to it. There were a series of numbers 08/10/12/14, etc. > >And where is the logic to Cannot find file... which has been purposely and completely >removed ? > >Your gratuitous assertion I have not followed advice given is completely unwarranted. > >The patronizing tone of your response as well as its content belies any effort to >help those who admittedly do not have your superior knowledge. > >Have a great day! Don't waste it on me. Sincerely, RO > > > > > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: missing SHLDDRV.VXD Friday, December 22, 2006 at 6:31 pm Posted by Robert Odell (71 messages posted) Thank you, Sha. Problem is history now as have moved on to WinXP. All good wishes for Christmas and the New Year. On Thursday, December 21, 2006 at 10:34 pm, sha wrote: >the missing file is a system.ini file that is associared with a microsoft word application >process with the extention wra0897.wbk it can easyly be recovered using a recovery >system such as system mechanic, just look for missing SHLDDRV.VXD and recover it >or try finding the file on microsoft web pages > > > [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum