Startup error "RunDLL" There was a problem... sysmenu.dll

Hujorgen · 05 Aug 2014

Hello,

Customer Toshiba Laptop, Win7 Home Pre, lots of add ons, toolbars, PCFix Speed, Reg Optimizer Pro, etc. Removed with REVO, Cleaned up startup with CCleaner, and MSCONFIG.

Ran Malwarebytes and MWAV (Microworld stand alone anti-virus tool.) Reset all 3 browsers (IE11, Chrome, Firefox30) Reboot. All of the browsers open up to w w w-search .net > Tuvaro. Verified proxy in internet settings was clear and set to "automatically detect" and also without auto detect. (Proxy was set to 55150?) Reset each browser homepage but still goes to w w w-search .net.

Ran Combo-Fix 2x and the internet browser problem is fixed.

Now whenever the system boots up it shows two separate error messages box with RunDLL in the upper left corner and states
"There was a problem starting C:\Progra~!\common~1\System\Sysmenu.dll" The Specified module could not be found."

C:\Program Files\Common Files\System - no Sysmenu.dll here
C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\System - no Sysmenu.dll here

I have re-run Malwarebytes and it did not find anything.

Looking in MSCONFIG and the startup section in CCleaner I do not see any item pointing to either of the locations - C:\Program Files\Common Files\System - in either program.

Is there any other load point that could be calling for this?

maxie · 05 Aug 2014

Hi there .. Try the solution in the Link below ...

\System\SysMenu.dll The specified module could not be found - Microsoft Community

kma1717 · 05 Aug 2014

Hi Hujorgen,

You can run the Windows Repair Tool. I downloaded it from Tweaking.com and ran it and it resolved my issue, I had corrupt .DLL files as well. Hope this helps.

Thanks

Hujorgen · 06 Aug 2014

SOLVED! I used the Autoruns from the link to Microsoft. It was a task but I couldn't find it in the task list in CCleaner or other tools. Thank you. I can now send this laptop back home where it should be.

Hu said that.

maxie · 06 Aug 2014

Most welcome glad we could help

karlosdpm · 01 Sep 2014

Hi I found a solution here to this annoying error message: "There was a problem starting sysmenu.dll" fix in Windows 7/8
It worked beautiful for me and I hope it does for you too!
Cheers

bedoor11 · 11 Mar 2015

maxie said:

Hi there .. Try the solution in the Link below ...

\System\SysMenu.dll The specified module could not be found - Microsoft Community

Thank you (Maxie) so much! The solution provided in the link finally fixed my problem :) I was looking for a solution for two days and couldn't find anything. Thanks again!