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Wow64.dll is considered a kind of Win32 emulation on an NT64 file. It is most often used in the Windows operating system developed by Microsoft. It uses the DLL file extension and is considered a Win64 (Dynamic Link Library) DLL file.
Unfortunately, what makes DLL files so convenient and efficient also makes them extremely prone to problems. If something happens to a shared DLL file, whether it disappears or is corrupted in some way, it can generate a “runtime” error message. Runtime is fairly self-explanatory; this means that these errors are triggered when attempting to load wow64.dll, either at startup of Microsoft Office Access 2010 or, in some cases, already running.
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- Get a copy of the WOW64.DLL under C:\Windows\System32 from another Windows 7 PC (I used a friend’s PC) Copy it to a USB key.
- Restart your PC in secure mode (press F8 during the boot process).
- Navigate to C:\Windows\System32, right-click on the Wow64.dll file and select Properties.
- In the Wow64.dll properties window, go to the Security tab and click Advanced.
- Go to the Owner tab and change the owner to Administrators (the current owner would normally be TrustedInstaller). It is also possible to do this at high speed :
- At the highlighted prompt, navigate to C:\Windows\System32
- Enter the following command:
- TAKEOWN /F WOW64.DLL
- You should receive a confirmation message stating “SUCCESS”: The file (or folder): “File name” now belongs to the user “Computer name\NNNName of user”.
- If successful, enter the following command: “SUCCESS: The file (or folder)
- ICACLS WOW64.DLL /grant administrators:F
- Delete or move your current Wow64.dll to another folder.
- Copy the external copy of Wow64.dll (from step 1 above) to the C:\Windows\System32 folder on your system.
- Restart your PC normally.
Use the Windows Powershell
- Press “Windows” + “S” to open the search and enter “Powershell”.
- Right-click on the first result and select “Open File Location”.
- Double-click Windows Powershell (x86) and execute the following command.
- cd $env:windir\system32
- Then execute the following command
- dir wow*
- You will notice that it only displays the “wow32.dll” file and a few other files.
- Now go back to the PowerShell folder and double-click the normal PowerShell icon.
- Type and execute the same commands, and you will notice that this time only the wow64.dll and a few other related files are visible.
- We can conclude that there are reasons for these errors.
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