Windows Explorer Run-time error '52': Bad file name or number

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Michael Peterson

I'm a developer running Win2K Server. When I first bring up Windows
Explorer, after a few minutes it terminates and restarts itself (task bar
goes away and then reappears, and Windows Explorer closes). When I reopen a
Windows Explorer window, after a few more minutes it terminates saying 'the
memory at address ... cannot be read'. It takes several attempts to close
the "cannot read from address ..." box, then an error dialog box appears
with "Run-time error '52': Bad file name or number". Then the task bar
disappears and my machine locks up.

This started happening after I installed drivers for my Vivitar Vivicam 3610
digital camera. Then I found out that for Win2K I was not supposed to
install them (Plug and Play was supposed to handle everything). However, I
tried deinstalling the drivers without success. I still get the message at
startup: "At least one service was unable to start." When I check the Event
Viewer, the error logged is "Event Type: Error
Event Source: Service Control Manager
Event Category: None
Event ID: 7000
Date: 10/19/2004
Time: 10:12:00 AM
User: N/A
Computer: MIKE
Description:
The Digital Camera - PC Camera service failed to start due to the following
error:
The system cannot find the file specified."
When I look in the Services control menu there is no such service listed.
Any ideas for recovery? Might I simply use the emergency repair process,
pick manual repair and just restore my startup environment, followed by
reapplying the latest Service pack?

Any advice or ideas would be much appreciated. I'm at
(e-mail address removed).
 
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| I'm a developer running Win2K Server. When I first bring up Windows
| Explorer, after a few minutes it terminates and restarts itself (task bar
| goes away and then reappears, and Windows Explorer closes). When I reopen
a
| Windows Explorer window, after a few more minutes it terminates saying
'the
| memory at address ... cannot be read'. It takes several attempts to close
| the "cannot read from address ..." box, then an error dialog box appears
| with "Run-time error '52': Bad file name or number". Then the task bar
| disappears and my machine locks up.
* These may help.

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q292/1/75.ASP

What an In-Place Windows 2000 Upgrade Changes and What It Does Not Change
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q306952

After doing so be sure to apply these to your repair install before
connecting to any network.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/A/E6A04295-D2A8-40D0-A0C5-241BFECD095E/W2KSP4_EN.EXE
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx


| This started happening after I installed drivers for my Vivitar Vivicam
3610
| digital camera. Then I found out that for Win2K I was not supposed to
| install them (Plug and Play was supposed to handle everything). However,
I
| tried deinstalling the drivers without success. I still get the message
at
| startup: "At least one service was unable to start." When I check the
Event
| Viewer, the error logged is "Event Type: Error
| Event Source: Service Control Manager
| Event Category: None
| Event ID: 7000
| Date: 10/19/2004
| Time: 10:12:00 AM
| User: N/A
| Computer: MIKE
| Description:
| The Digital Camera - PC Camera service failed to start due to the
following
| error:
| The system cannot find the file specified."
| When I look in the Services control menu there is no such service listed.
| Any ideas for recovery?
* Have a look in Device Manager for this one.


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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect
 
Hi Dave,

Thanks for guiding me. I updated Windows 2000 Server using the steps you
suggested, essentially replacing all my system dll's. During the manual
restore, I stopped short of building a new startup and didn't bother checking
the boot sector.

The old Run-time error '52' went away, but it was simply replaced by a new
one: Run-time Error '216'. Otherwise, the symptoms are the same is in my
previous post.

Am I any closer? Or do you have any other ideas for resolving the problem?

Any help would be much appreciated! Thanks ... Michael

Dave Patrick said:
:
| I'm a developer running Win2K Server. When I first bring up Windows
| Explorer, after a few minutes it terminates and restarts itself (task bar
| goes away and then reappears, and Windows Explorer closes). When I reopen
a
| Windows Explorer window, after a few more minutes it terminates saying
'the
| memory at address ... cannot be read'. It takes several attempts to close
| the "cannot read from address ..." box, then an error dialog box appears
| with "Run-time error '52': Bad file name or number". Then the task bar
| disappears and my machine locks up.
* These may help.

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q292/1/75.ASP

What an In-Place Windows 2000 Upgrade Changes and What It Does Not Change
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q306952

After doing so be sure to apply these to your repair install before
connecting to any network.

http://download.microsoft.com/download/E/6/A/E6A04295-D2A8-40D0-A0C5-241BFECD095E/W2KSP4_EN.EXE
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-043.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS03-049.mspx


| This started happening after I installed drivers for my Vivitar Vivicam
3610
| digital camera. Then I found out that for Win2K I was not supposed to
| install them (Plug and Play was supposed to handle everything). However,
I
| tried deinstalling the drivers without success. I still get the message
at
| startup: "At least one service was unable to start." When I check the
Event
| Viewer, the error logged is "Event Type: Error
| Event Source: Service Control Manager
| Event Category: None
| Event ID: 7000
| Date: 10/19/2004
| Time: 10:12:00 AM
| User: N/A
| Computer: MIKE
| Description:
| The Digital Camera - PC Camera service failed to start due to the
following
| error:
| The system cannot find the file specified."
| When I look in the Services control menu there is no such service listed.
| Any ideas for recovery?
* Have a look in Device Manager for this one.


--
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect
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