IE7, IE8 urlmon.dll the ordinal 455 could not be located.

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Okay. So currently as it stands, My IE 8 is a stack of junk. The problems

started when I had to redownload Windows Live Messenger, and due to a

registry error, it wasn't saving e-mail adresses. With some personal

research, I solved the registry error, however, I noticed that my IE8 was

acting sluggishly; It has been on my computer since the previous system

recovery, where as it is supposed to revert to IE7 upon uninstall.



To solve the sluggishness, I used the program CCleaner, purging my system of

cookies and all the extra baggage of every day computer use. Then I ran the

IE8 reset. It wouldn't recieve cookies, and thus wouldn't retain websites in

the URL bar and loaded even more slowly. So I decided to purge personal

addons from IE8 via the reset.



Now, when I try to uninstall IE8 to get it to revert to IE7, it acts as

though the program is not there, and that IE8 is still active: The screen

flickers an IE8 window before closing it immediately. By running CCleaner

again, I managed to get the error message "The ordinal 455 could not be

located in the dynamic link library urlmon.dll" I run AVG 9.0 up to current

specs, and ZA personal firewall up to current specs.



I have also tried reregistering the urlmon.dll via the cmd and that did not

work.



I'm at my wits end, and I consider myself a witty fellow. Please help!
 
Hi Dustin,



Please state your Windows version and service pack level and if your OS

version is a clean install or an upgrade. Your description could be either a

XP or Vista machine. (my guess would be Vista though)



Personally I think its time for a nuke and pave. Something else seems to

have already nuked your archived IE7 files.



I am going to take a wild guess and assuming a Vista machine try

Start>Control Panel>Default Programs and reset Internet Explorer as your

Default browser. (did you use another browser to make the post here? or to

surf when your previous IE8 was sluggish?)



Running CCleaner after an IE downgrade and with another browser set as the

default may have lost the pointers to the current or archived urlmon.dll. It

is important that if you re-register any IE libraries that you have closed

all IE Windows (and processes from the tasks manager) first.



Regards.



"Dustin Dowhan" wrote in message

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> Okay. So currently as it stands, My IE 8 is a stack of junk. The problems

> started when I had to redownload Windows Live Messenger, and due to a

> registry error, it wasn't saving e-mail adresses. With some personal

> research, I solved the registry error, however, I noticed that my IE8 was

> acting sluggishly; It has been on my computer since the previous system

> recovery, where as it is supposed to revert to IE7 upon uninstall.

>

> To solve the sluggishness, I used the program CCleaner, purging my system

> of

> cookies and all the extra baggage of every day computer use. Then I ran

> the

> IE8 reset. It wouldn't recieve cookies, and thus wouldn't retain websites

> in

> the URL bar and loaded even more slowly. So I decided to purge personal

> addons from IE8 via the reset.

>

> Now, when I try to uninstall IE8 to get it to revert to IE7, it acts as

> though the program is not there, and that IE8 is still active: The screen

> flickers an IE8 window before closing it immediately. By running CCleaner

> again, I managed to get the error message "The ordinal 455 could not be

> located in the dynamic link library urlmon.dll" I run AVG 9.0 up to

> current

> specs, and ZA personal firewall up to current specs.

>

> I have also tried reregistering the urlmon.dll via the cmd and that did

> not

> work.

>

> I'm at my wits end, and I consider myself a witty fellow. Please help!
 
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