Rx
07-09-2005, 09:37 PM
Your script fixed my "class not registered" bug in Windows Movie Maker.
Re: Error- Windows Movie Maker - Class Not Registered
I too had just uninstalled WinAVI. That was the "bad guy".
"Rehan" wrote:
> Your problem tinkered my interest.. so I went ahead and reproduced it. Yes
> WinAVI's installer is a rogue installer it does not reinstate the system in
> original state when uninstalled.
>
> After much acrobat with System Restore's, GSpot's reports, registry change
> logs.. I was able to trace the problem to one of the DLL installed by this
> program "q3dv.dll". This is an old version of Microsoft's DV Codec renamed
> from orginal name qdv.dll. WinAVI installer registers it for its own use but
> does not reregisters the original DLL when uninstalled.
>
> Two most safe solutions out of many...
>
> After uninstalling the program:
>
> 1. Reinstall latest DirectX
>
> or
>
> 2. Register the original DLL manually:
> The file is "C:\Windows\System32\qdv.dll".
> Locate it in windows explorer.
> Open Start->Run dialog, type "regsvr32" without quotes
> then drag the qdv.dll file into the run dialog.
> the line in Run dialog should now read: regsvr32
> C:\Windows\System32\qdv.dll
> Press Enter
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> --
> Rehan
> www.rehanfx.org - get transitions and effects for Windows MovieMaker
>
>
>
> "CelticValley" <CelticValley@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D3E6F7B8-26B0-4C5B-86FC-2FF08B6A3AE0@microsoft.com...
> > Good news (and bad). I downloaded GSpot recommended on many other posts,
> > much better than AVIcodec mentioned in my previous post. I found that it
> > was
> > not uninstalling codex packs that got me, but uninstalling WinAVI
> > converter
> > which I had downloaded to try but didn't want to keep (see
> > www.winavi.com).
> > By re-installing it I am back working again. This is the good.
> >
> > The Bad is that I do not want to keep this program. I want to uninstall
> > it
> > and get my previous state back from before I installed it the first time.
> > Any ideas? I may end up contacting WinAVI on this one.
> >
> > thanks,
> > Kenneth
> >
> >
>
>
>
Re: Error- Windows Movie Maker - Class Not Registered
I too had just uninstalled WinAVI. That was the "bad guy".
"Rehan" wrote:
> Your problem tinkered my interest.. so I went ahead and reproduced it. Yes
> WinAVI's installer is a rogue installer it does not reinstate the system in
> original state when uninstalled.
>
> After much acrobat with System Restore's, GSpot's reports, registry change
> logs.. I was able to trace the problem to one of the DLL installed by this
> program "q3dv.dll". This is an old version of Microsoft's DV Codec renamed
> from orginal name qdv.dll. WinAVI installer registers it for its own use but
> does not reregisters the original DLL when uninstalled.
>
> Two most safe solutions out of many...
>
> After uninstalling the program:
>
> 1. Reinstall latest DirectX
>
> or
>
> 2. Register the original DLL manually:
> The file is "C:\Windows\System32\qdv.dll".
> Locate it in windows explorer.
> Open Start->Run dialog, type "regsvr32" without quotes
> then drag the qdv.dll file into the run dialog.
> the line in Run dialog should now read: regsvr32
> C:\Windows\System32\qdv.dll
> Press Enter
>
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> --
> Rehan
> www.rehanfx.org - get transitions and effects for Windows MovieMaker
>
>
>
> "CelticValley" <CelticValley@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D3E6F7B8-26B0-4C5B-86FC-2FF08B6A3AE0@microsoft.com...
> > Good news (and bad). I downloaded GSpot recommended on many other posts,
> > much better than AVIcodec mentioned in my previous post. I found that it
> > was
> > not uninstalling codex packs that got me, but uninstalling WinAVI
> > converter
> > which I had downloaded to try but didn't want to keep (see
> > www.winavi.com).
> > By re-installing it I am back working again. This is the good.
> >
> > The Bad is that I do not want to keep this program. I want to uninstall
> > it
> > and get my previous state back from before I installed it the first time.
> > Any ideas? I may end up contacting WinAVI on this one.
> >
> > thanks,
> > Kenneth
> >
> >
>
>
>