IPHLPAPI.DLL cannot start

[Debbie]

About every other time I turn the computer on the message
box says "Error Starting Program" "The IPHLPAPI.DLL file
cannot start. Check the file to determine the problem."
Does anyone know how to stop this from happening. It is
usually o.k. the second time I start the computer. Thanks
for any suggestions.

>-----Original Message-----
>About every other time I turn the computer on the message
>box says "Error Starting Program" "The IPHLPAPI.DLL file
>cannot start. Check the file to determine the
problem."
>Does anyone know how to stop this from happening. It is
>usually o.k. the second time I start the computer.
Thanks
>for any suggestions.
>.
>
Debbie,
This from Mike Maltby

<quote>

The clue here is probably AOL 9.0

When did this problem start? What changes did you make to
your system just
prior to this problem starting?

For many users this problem is caused by installing AOL9
since AOL 9 uses a
different version of iphlpapi.dll than is included with
Win Me and fails to
install it correctly. You can check this for yourself
where you will find
that AOL have put a version of iphlpapi.dll in the Program
Files\Common
Files\AOL\ACS\winme folder which differs from that in the
windows\system
folder.

Since the copy of iphlpapi.dll in the windows\system
folder is protected from
alteration or deletion by Win Me's System File Protection
(SFP) it cannot
simply be replaced by the copy in the AOL folder. Whilst
there are ways of
defeating SFP so that AOL's file can be added to the
system folder I
personally feel this is a problem that needs to be
remedied by AOL.

If your problem is a result of installing AOL 9 you may
want to consider using
System Restore to solve this problem by rolling back your
system to before the
problem started and dumping AOL 9 until AOL can get things
working correctly
(just don't hold your breath) provided that that was not
more than a few days
ago.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP


<unquote>

HTH,
Good Luck
BarryG

>-----Original Message-----
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>About every other time I turn the computer on the
message
>>box says "Error Starting Program" "The IPHLPAPI.DLL
file
>>cannot start. Check the file to determine the
>problem."
>>Does anyone know how to stop this from happening. It is
>>usually o.k. the second time I start the computer.
>Thanks
>>for any suggestions.
>>.
>>
>Debbie,
>This from Mike Maltby
>
><quote>
>
>The clue here is probably AOL 9.0
>
>When did this problem start? What changes did you make
to
>your system just
>prior to this problem starting?
>
>For many users this problem is caused by installing AOL9
>since AOL 9 uses a
>different version of iphlpapi.dll than is included with
>Win Me and fails to
>install it correctly. You can check this for yourself
>where you will find
>that AOL have put a version of iphlpapi.dll in the
Program
>Files\Common
>Files\AOL\ACS\winme folder which differs from that in the
>windows\system
>folder.
>
>Since the copy of iphlpapi.dll in the windows\system
>folder is protected from
>alteration or deletion by Win Me's System File Protection
>(SFP) it cannot
>simply be replaced by the copy in the AOL folder. Whilst
>there are ways of
>defeating SFP so that AOL's file can be added to the
>system folder I
>personally feel this is a problem that needs to be
>remedied by AOL.
>
>If your problem is a result of installing AOL 9 you may
>want to consider using
>System Restore to solve this problem by rolling back your
>system to before the
>problem started and dumping AOL 9 until AOL can get
things
>working correctly
>(just don't hold your breath) provided that that was not
>more than a few days
>ago.
>--
>Mike Maltby MS-MVP

>
><unquote>
>
>HTH,
>Good Luck
>BarryG
>.
>
Thank you Mike.
I did have aol 9.0 installed awhile ago(months), but had
to uninstall it because,I was told, I didn't have enough
memory. Now I'm using aol 7.0. I'm not too computer
literate, but i'll go back to the aol files and,hopefully
find something I can correct.
Thank you again ever so much,
Debbie