Microsoft KB Archive/192098

= PI: ErrMsg: Pitasks.dll Was Unable to Register =

Article ID: 192098

Article Last Modified on 1/24/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Picture It! 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Picture It! 99 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q192098



SYMPTOMS
During Microsoft Picture It! setup you may receive the following error.

Pitasks.dll was unable to register itself in the system registry.

followed by:

Microsoft Picture It! 2.0 Setup was not completed successfully.



CAUSE
Old, corrupt, or incompatible versions of certain DLL files may cause this problem.



RESOLUTION
To resolve the setup error, follow these steps:

 Restart your computer to a command prompt. At the command prompt, type cd\windows\system, and then press ENTER. Type the following lines, pressing ENTER after you type each line:

ren mfc40.dll mfc40.pss

ren mfc42.dll mfc42.pss

ren msvcrt.dll msvcrt.pss

ren msvcrt40.dll msvcrt40.pss

ren olepro32.dll olepro32.pss

 Restart your computer. Click the Start button, point to Windows Explorer and browse to the following folder:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Picture It!

If you installed Picture It! to a different location or you gave the folder another name, follow the path to that folder. In the Microsoft Picture It! folder you may see two subfolders My Pictures and Slide Shows. If there are files in the folder, move the folder to the root of the drive. Disregard Mscreate.dir as a file.</li> Delete the Microsoft Picture It! folder and any remaining subfolders.</li> Restart Windows.</li> Make sure that all anti-virus software, memory managers, and other utilities are disabled. Press CTRL+ALT+DEL to view a list of programs.</li> Run Picture It! setup.</li></ol>

If the fix described does not resolve the problem Use Safe Mode Setup as a workaround. On the Help menu, click Contents and Index and on the Index tab type "pictureit safe" (without quotation marks) to find instructions

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MORE INFORMATION
Infrequently, this error may be caused by Wsock32.dll. Query on pictureit pitasks.dll to find that topic.

Additional query words: pi2.0 pi99 pitasks.dll mfc42.dll

Keywords: kberrmsg kbprb KB192098

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