rundll.exe application errors

[t377y]

I am getting "Rundll32.exe Application error" whenever I try to run a game

which i have run before many times without any problems (even with the new

installation of XP). The Game is "Rise of Nations Thrones and Patriots"

which causes the rundll32.exe Application Error:

The instruction at “0x7c9100e8†reference memory from “0x020f0010â€Â. The

memory could not be “readâ€Â.

Click on OK to terminate the program



The same error occurs if I try to run the previous version of Rise of

Nations which I had updated to Thrones and Patriots.



I have just (10 days ago) rebuilt Win Xp Pro from scratch because I was

getting trojans more frequently than ever before in spite of Virus program

F-Secure being used. All Win Xp updates have been downloaded and installed.

I have only loaded programs and files that I use and virus scan every file

before I copy. This game has been running Ok until today.



I ran a full scan and found 1 spy a tracker which was cleaned.



rundll32.exe file size is 36,864 dated 4th August 2004 Modified 14th April

2008 and is in the C:\Windows\system32 dir



Any advice would be appreciated

Terry (t377y)

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[db]

you might try checking

the games home site.



perhaps, there are updates

or fixes or patches addressing

the error you have.



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"t377y" wrote in message news:F47CF0E8-CA78-4656-B5C5-458531B89916@microsoft.com...

> I am getting "Rundll32.exe Application error" whenever I try to run a game

> which i have run before many times without any problems (even with the new

> installation of XP). The Game is "Rise of Nations Thrones and Patriots"

> which causes the rundll32.exe Application Error:

> The instruction at “0x7c9100e8†reference memory from “0x020f0010â€Â. The

> memory could not be “readâ€Â.

> Click on OK to terminate the program

>

> The same error occurs if I try to run the previous version of Rise of

> Nations which I had updated to Thrones and Patriots.

>

> I have just (10 days ago) rebuilt Win Xp Pro from scratch because I was

> getting trojans more frequently than ever before in spite of Virus program

> F-Secure being used. All Win Xp updates have been downloaded and installed.

> I have only loaded programs and files that I use and virus scan every file

> before I copy. This game has been running Ok until today.

>

> I ran a full scan and found 1 spy a tracker which was cleaned.

>

> rundll32.exe file size is 36,864 dated 4th August 2004 Modified 14th April

> 2008 and is in the C:\Windows\system32 dir

>

> Any advice would be appreciated

> Terry (t377y)

> --

> If it aint broke don't fix it

 

[VanguardLH]

t377y wrote:



> I am getting "Rundll32.exe Application error" whenever I try to run a game

> which i have run before many times without any problems (even with the new

> installation of XP). The Game is "Rise of Nations Thrones and Patriots"

> which causes the rundll32.exe Application Error:

> The instruction at ´0x7c9100e8¡ reference memory from ´0x020f0010¡. The

> memory could not be ´read¡.

> Click on OK to terminate the program

>

> The same error occurs if I try to run the previous version of Rise of

> Nations which I had updated to Thrones and Patriots.

>

> I have just (10 days ago) rebuilt Win Xp Pro from scratch because I was

> getting trojans more frequently than ever before in spite of Virus program

> F-Secure being used. All Win Xp updates have been downloaded and installed.

> I have only loaded programs and files that I use and virus scan every file

> before I copy. This game has been running Ok until today.

>

> I ran a full scan and found 1 spy a tracker which was cleaned.

>

> rundll32.exe file size is 36,864 dated 4th August 2004 Modified 14th April

> 2008 and is in the C:\Windows\system32 dir

>

> Any advice would be appreciated

> Terry (t377y)



Games are notoriously the worst written code on the planet. To ensure

speed, they don't bother with boundary checks or any graceful recovery code.

They also incorporate libraries over which they have no control so defects

in them will show up as defects in the game. As yet, it's been probably two

decades since I've seen non-game programs that were so poorly written with

regard to stability and compatibility.



Have you tried uninstalling, doing file and registry remnant cleanup, and

then reinstalling the game? Sometimes they corrupt their own files,

especially due to the crappy copy protection schemes that they employ.



Did you update the video driver? Do you have Windows Update configured to

install updates automatically (a very bad idea)? Also, never install

hardware updates from Windows Update. Use that as a prompt to go to the

hardware manufacturer's web site to get the newer version - but then the

newer version had better give you something real that you really need on

your system and not just because it is newer.



The problem isn't with rundll32.exe. It is with the method (function) that

is called from the .dll file that is to get executed. You have to find out

from the game why it would bother using rundll32.exe instead of having its

own program call the methods from the .dll files. If there is a forum that

discusses this game, those folks might have the technical expertise to know

why this game needs to use rundll32.exe.