My system is Windows 98 2nd Edition.
When I attempt to open the control panel (start\settings\control panel) the following message is diplayed;
The specified resource language ID cannot be found in the image file
C:windows\system\Res0901\Avsmcpa.dll : One of the files needed to run this application cannot be found.
C:windows\system\Res0900\Avsmcpa.dll : One of the files needed to run this application cannot be found.
C:windows\system\Res09\Avsmcpa.dll : One of the files needed to run this application cannot be found.
C:windows\system\Res0000\Avsmcpa.dll : One of the files needed to run this application cannot be found.
C:windows\system\Res00\Avsmcpa.dll : One of the files needed to run this application cannot be found.
I must respond to the message for anything to happen. If I select “OK”, the control panel window will open, and all is normal.
I first encountered this after installing !Avast, but thought the error was related to the un-install of my previous anti-virus software, and just today noticed that the “Avsmcpa.dll” was an !Avast file.
Although it isn’t a real problem, it would be nice to fix the cause of the message. What can I do?
I don’t think avsmcpa.dll is an avast! file - why do you think so?
After a quick search on google, I got the impression that the file is from McAfee Antivirus and it’s a known problem with its uninstallation…
Yes, Igor seem to know the truth ;D
I found that on google too:
Uninstalling McAfee
Warning!!! McAfee makes it very difficult to uninstall. McAfee has files scattered all over the hard disk.
Error: “The specified resource language ID cannot be found in the image file” C:\WINNT\System32.…\avsmcpa.dll
Solution: delete C:\WINNT\System32\avsmcpa.dll
My mistake, sorry. I need to either take better notes, or clean my glasses more often. Avsmcpa.dll is from McAfee.
I did un-install McAfee and delete all files & register entries relating to McAfee I could find, prior to installing Avast. It’s a Windows thing, I guess.
Thank you for the responces, I’m sorry to have wasted your time.