sporder.dll cannot be found

Have just installed realone player and this might not relate to this but since that install I am getting a message on boot up say a required dll file sporder.dll canot be found error starting program
not sure what this dll relates to program wise? and can't seem to find the pesky dll via searching either that is to say via web serach?? any ideas? Regards Rodger

 

Have you tried to get a replacement CD from the shop where you
bought it ? - seems to be a bad install.
regards

 

realone player works ok its just this annoying error when windows starts and not sure what it relates too regards rodger

 

According to this site, sporder.dll is a file used by WebHancer, which is foistware and probably installed (incorrectly or incompletely) along with something else. It might come with RealOne since RealOne is packed with spyware.

You can remove WebHancer by downloading, installing, immediately updating and running Spybot and/or AdAware.

Since I've never used RealOne, I don't know if removing its spyware will cause it to cease to function or if WebHancer even came with it in the first place.

 

Thankyou miz I have ad-aware and will run it and hopefully be able to remove it ok thanks for your reply and I will post the conclusion to help others here, not sure though if its still gonna
flag up on start up but we'll see... regards rodger

 

Ran ad-aware did not find anything that related to web enhancer
and I still have this error message when windows loads so I am wondering if regedit may help I have run msconfig and nothing seems to be there that shouldn't be so still at a loss on what might be causing this error to run if only I knew what it was?#
Regards Rodger

 

The error you're getting is telling you...in the usual, normal-people-aren't-going-to-figure-this-out way...that Windows has instructions to find and load "sporder.dll" when it starts up but sporder isn't there anymore.

So the trick is to find where that instruction is and remove it. Sometimes, that can be quite a trick.

A quote from the site I linked to in my first post: "Andreas M. reports that some Webhancer installations coming along with other programs do not uninstall properly, even causing the Internet connection problems mentioned. The solution is to install the stand-alone version from WebHancer's web site (ugggh), then remove it using Add/Remove Programs. Again, you can also use AD-Aware to safely remove Webhancer. "

I've removed WebHancer successfully through Add/Remove programs so that might be the way to go...download it, reinstall it and then uninstall from Add/Remove in Control Panel. Then run AdAware again to make sure it's all gone.