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mscat32.dll is missing

  • 18-10-2010 5:34pm
    #1
    allanb49
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,419 ✭✭✭


    I've been looking for this file everywhere online and can't find it.

    My creative stopped working a while ago and this error message came up

    The application has failed to start because MSCAT32.dll was not found

    I've tried looking online and not a thing has come up can someone help please?


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  • #2
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    What Creative product is it. Did you try their own support site? Or if you have the disk can you not just reinstall?

    You should be able to download the full suite of software (or drivers) from here,

    http://support.creative.com/


  • #3
    allanb49
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,419 ✭✭✭allanb49


    Creative Vision M

    have reinstalled the the creative stuff and it's nothing to do with that. The creative will still be recognised on other devices


  • #4
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    Sorry to ask but did you reboot after you uninstalled, reinstalled? Windows is very persnickety about rebooting after software changes.

    Anyways I found the following (not really sure if this is legit).

    http://www.topdll.com/download/mscat32.dll?q=e1ad7022d9cf77015dc87636393ca35f

    The only other link I found mentioning that .dll is this.

    http://forum.arcadecontrols.com/index.php?topic=59373.280
    HI All,

    I have scanned thru all the posts up to here and have a useful tidbit of info that may help MaLa users:

    If you remove Windows Media Player from your MAME-XP then videos on MaLa will not work!

    I found this out the hard way, however all was not lost as I was able to manually install WMP9 and now videos DO work in MaLa. The install process failed as it wasn't able to find MSCAT32.DLL, so I simply copied it across from C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32 and then re-ran the install and it worked.

    It makes me wonder whether simply copying the DLL file would have done the trick but it's too late for me to try that now!!!

    I hope this info helps.


  • #5
    allanb49
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,419 ✭✭✭allanb49


    yup rebooted, been going on for about a month now.


  • #6
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    Found these too.

    Just wondering do you have "hidden files and folders" unchecked in folder options. Just that it wouldn't pick up that file if it was in system32.

    http://www.dll4free.com/mscat32.dll.html

    http://xpdll.nirsoft.net/mscat32_dll.html


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  • #7
    allanb49
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,419 ✭✭✭allanb49


    haha, it's alive! it's alive! Thanks chin grin for the link


  • #8
    chin_grin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,808 ✭✭✭✭chin_grin


    allanb49 wrote: »
    haha, it's alive! it's alive! Thanks chin grin for the link

    Cool! Now just in case those dll's were in any way dodgy (didn't look like it from the sites.....but just as a precaution, cos I haven't used those sites before). Update your anti virus! :D


  • #9
    allanb49
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,419 ✭✭✭allanb49


    all been checked before and after she's running clean and fine.


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