Oh wise sages of the forum please help! :-)

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Hello! :slight_smile:

A friend of mine is using Nero Photoshow 4 on a Window$ 7 machine and receives this message:

The application has failed to start because mfc71.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix the problem.

My friend Google gives conflicting results. Some say it is Malware (wtf?), others a legitimate program linked to The Microsoft Foundation Class Library.

  1. Is this program malware?

  2. If not, how would you recommend solving this problem?

  3. Would you follow a commonly suggested solution, download it from http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?mfc71 and copy it to c:\windows\system32 and the Photoshow programme directory?

Many thanks in advance for your kind help!

Cheers,

Avastfan1

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Hi…

Give #3 a shot and see what happens, although it should solve the problem. :slight_smile:

May God bless you :slight_smile:

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The application has failed to start because mfc71.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix the problem.

Did your friend actually check to see if this file does exist in the c:\windows\system32 folder ?

If it does it may be that the dll just needs to be registered.

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Could also be stored in the wrong place. First thing to do is a file search from Windows Explorer File Finder to make sure you don’t already have it. Then you can download it from a reliable source, and to be extra careful upload it to Virus Total (http://www.virustotal.com/) to make sure it is a good version, not a virus. Then use it.

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Thank you for the replies, I will search for the file today.

  • How do you register a .dll file in Window$ 7?
  • Which website is a reliable source to download it from?

Thanks in advance!

Avastfan1

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Hi Avastfan1,

Just go here for info on the fix: http://pcsupport.about.com/od/findbyerrormessage/a/mfc71dll.htm

polonus

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Thanks for all the replies.

I have solved the problem.

Avastfan1

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You could conclude the story by saying what it was that solved the problem.

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Fair point DavidR.

She simply copied the file from the Window$ System32 directory to every Nero directory on the hard disk. The error message no longer appears.

However, it turns out that Nero Photoshow 4 deluxe is only compatible with Window$ 7. So, although it solved the mfc71.dll problem, the program still doesn’t fully function!

:[

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Thanks, aren’t computers fun ;D