Unable to start the programm because SHOCK.dll is missing

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Unable to start the programm because SHOCK.dll is missing

Post by romainbh » Fri Jun 08, 2012 6:27 am

Hello world!

I use Audacity since a long time, this programm is very nice. I bought a new computer last month and I've installed the new release of Audacity today. When I start Audacity 2.0, I get an error message:

"Impossible de démarrer le programme car il manque SHOCK.dll sur votre ordinateur. Essayez de réinstaller le programme pour corriger ce problème." (Yes, I'm french so excuse my english ;-))
In english, it means "Unable to start the programm because SHOCK.dll is missing on your computer. Try to reinstall the programm to solve the problem."

When I click OK in this window, the message appears a second time. I click OK again and Audacity start normally. So, I think SHOCK.dll is not an essential part of Audacity?

Thank you all!
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Version of Audacity: 2.0.0 (executable, french)
OS: Windows 7 SP1 x64 up to date
Config: Corei7 2600K, 8GB RAM, SSD Corsair Force3 128GB

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Re: Unable to start the programm because SHOCK.dll is missin

Post by steve » Fri Jun 08, 2012 9:29 am

romainbh wrote:So, I think SHOCK.dll is not an essential part of Audacity?
SHOCK.dll is nothing to do with Audacity as far as I'm aware. I've never heard of it before.
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Re: Unable to start the programm because SHOCK.dll is missin

Post by romainbh » Fri Jun 08, 2012 11:02 am

Aha, that's why Google don't know anything about SHOCK.dll :?

In the task manager of Windows, the error message is related to the "csrss.exe" process... Strange. But the title of the error message is "audacity.exe - system error". Very strange.

Don't matter, once started, Audacity works fine and that's the most important.

Thanks a lot!

Have a nice day

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