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Message started by SonOfEru on 08/30/25 at 14:54:30

Title: CTL3D32.dll is missing, so ECCO won't start
Post by SonOfEru on 08/30/25 at 14:54:30

I got ECCO here years ago. I had it on my first computer, with Windows 95, but when I got this new computer, with Windows 11, I don't know why but I couldn't install it (I still have the original install disk). I just can't remember.

Anyway, I've used the Ecco from here just fine, for a few years now, but today I clicked to start it and I got

"The code execution cannot proceed because CTL3D32.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fix this problem"

I searched in the C:\Windows folder and there is a copy of the file in

C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft-windows-ctl3d32_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.26100.1_none_6afdf345044fc920

Is there supposed to be a copy of it somewhere else, that ECCO expects to find it?

And how would it go missing? Is there anything I did that caused that (something I better not ever do again)?

Title: Re: CTL3D32.dll is missing, so ECCO won't start
Post by SonOfEru on 08/30/25 at 14:55:36

Actually, why couldn't I just reinstall Ecco from my original way-old CD?

Title: Re: CTL3D32.dll is missing, so ECCO won't start
Post by JimWinkler on 09/12/25 at 16:09:15

Try copying CTL3D32.dll to your ecco directory. Mine is C:\Program Files (x86)\ECCO. I did that and it worked initially, now it flashes the splash screen and the ecco window never shows. Still running in the background.