Many users of Windows-based computer systems often encounter a problem when they receive a message stating that the specified module was not found (126th error). Not everyone knows how to interpret it, and the question of which particular device is associated with the failure of such a problem is often puzzling. Let's figure out what's what.
Causes and devices causing the "The specified module was not found" error
The failure itself with the indicated error, in general, does not represent anything particularly serious in terms of the consequences for the operation of Windows operating systems.
Such an error can occur in a variety of situations, but, as practice shows, in most cases this can lead to incorrect recognition of damaged dynamic libraries, disabled HID devices (for example, a USB mouse) or services that interpret the correct access to server OS functions.
“Specified Module Not Found” Error: Solution for Radeon Graphics Cards
Unfortunately, fans of graphics chipsets from the company Radeon, it is these video adapters that are most prone to failures of this kind. Even with correctly installed drivers, there may be a conflict using the OpenGL functions.
In the case when the system gives a notification that the specified dll module is not found, there can be three ways to solve this problem: either updating the video card drivers to the latest version, or installing the most current DirectX versions, or directly interfering with the system using the command line and perform several subsequent steps.
With the first two methods, I think, and so everything is clear, so we will not stop on them. But it’s worth talking about manual correction of the problem separately. Now it’s not worth explaining how the commands below will act (especially from a software or technical point of view). It’s enough that they just work.
So, for integrated graphics adapters (those that are built directly into the motherboard) such as Intel HD Graphics or for similar Radeon, nVIDIA chips, etc., you must first write CD / d C: / Windows / System32 on the command line, and then - copy atio6axx.dll atiogl64.dll (with pressing the enter key after each command). For desktop (non-embedded) models, the command looks a little different: copy atio6axx.dll .dll (again. Followed by "Enter." In theory, after that, everything should work fine.
HID Devices
So-called HID smart devices can also cause errors like “The specified module was not found.” In some ways, the situation with them is the same as with graphic equipment, but in most cases the problem boils down to the fact that for some reason the driver files were damaged or deleted.
In such a situation, for example, for Windows XP, you need to boot from the installation or recovery disk (for example, Live CD), find in the installation distribution file called Drivers.cab, which is usually located in the i386 folder, and extract three main components from it: mouclass.sys, mouhid.sys and hidserv.dll.
After that, you must necessarily restart the computer in safe mode (F8 key when Windows starts), then copy the specified files to the System32 directory of the Windows root folder. Next is another reboot of the OS, but in normal mode. As a rule, after this the system works stably in normal mode and without any glitches.
Server errors
Unexpected difficulties can also occur with access to the servers. In this case (similar to previous situations), the error “The specified module was not found” appears. You will have to deal with it through the registry editor, which is called by the regidit command in the Run menu (Win + R combination).
Here we need to go to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE \ SYSTEM branch, then to CurrentControlSet, then to the Services tree and then to the parameters section located in the lanmanserver branch. Here you must enter the value "% SystemRoot% \ System32 \ srvsvc.dll", of course, if any other is specified. The point here is that Windows itself perceives any - that is internal, that external - server just like the general concept of “server” and does not make much difference even under different access parameters.
Total
As a result, as it is already clear, if an error occurs due to the fact that the specified module was not found for some reason, it is still possible to solve the problems , and this is done quite simply, and no critical failures are expected in the future. But first, it is desirable to determine the nature of the error, and only then make a decision in favor of correcting it. What it will become depends only on in which component the failure is observed: in software or in hardware.
Of course, far from all the problems that may arise in connection with such errors are described here. However, in our case, these are the most common types of failures and the most practical methods for fixing them. It is impossible to exclude the option when the problems can be connected with the hardware itself, that is, the driver has nothing to do with it, but the hardware itself will have to be changed. However, this, as they say, is the most extreme cases that should be resorted to when nothing else helps (and it does not depend on the user or the operating system). But this is a completely different story ...