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Question

Can't connect to internet, please help!

Aug 28, 2018 5:32AM PDT

Well I keep getting this error: Wlanmsm.dll is Missing / Not Found Error and the main problem is I cannot connect to the internet.

I want a simple fix for this error. Please help!

BTW I forgot to mention that I wanted to try replacing the dll file by downloading from here. https://dlldownloads.com/wlanmsm-dll/

Do you recommend this? Or any simple fix ?

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Re: dll
Aug 28, 2018 5:41AM PDT

It won't harm to download it and copy it to the place it should be. That's windows\system32 for the 32-bits version and windows\syswow64 for the 64-bit version (at least here in Windows 7).

What happens if you do that?

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You May Also Need To Register the .dll
Aug 28, 2018 11:52AM PDT

If the dll file already exists in the file system, it may need to be re-registered. To register a dll file, open an elevated command prompt (Type "command" in the lower left search window, then RIGHT click on "Command Prompt" at the top, choose "Run as administrator".) Once that opens, type the following and hit Enter:

If the DLL is 32 bit:

Copy the DLL to C:\Windows\SysWoW64\
In an elevated command prompt: %windir%\SysWoW64\regsvr32.exe %windir%\SysWoW64\namedll.dll

if the DLL is 64 bit:

Copy the DLL to C:\Windows\System32\
In an elevated command prompt: %windir%\System32\regsvr32.exe %windir%\System32\namedll.dll


https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/249873/how-to-use-the-regsvr32-tool-and-troubleshoot-regsvr32-error-messages

Hope this helps.

Grif

Post was last edited on August 28, 2018 11:56 AM PDT

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Re: register
Aug 28, 2018 12:52PM PDT

I think the "32 bit:" and "64 bit:" need to exchanged: 64 bit to SysWow64, 32 bit to System32.

I hadn't mentioned the "register" part to see if it would work without that first.