Weird error: "Entry Point Not Found"

[Robbie Hatley]

Ok, a really weird Windows 2000 error for you:
A few minutes ago, I started my computer,
and the following error message box popped up:

Title bar:
FlashUtil10b.exe - Entry Point Not Found

Message:
(white X in red circle)
The procedure entry point GetSystemWow64DirectoryA
could not be located in the dynamic link library
KERNEL32.dll

Now, I haven't installed any new software recently, unless
one of my programs (EI? FF?) downloaded and installed
a new Flash plugin without my knowledge, so this came as
a surprise.

I've never heard of "GetSystemWow64DirectoryA" in my life.
Is this actually a function built into Kernel32.dll?
Or is the calling program buggy, perhaps mis-spelling the
name of whatever function it's trying to call, or perhaps
looking in the wrong DLL?

Anyone here even HEAR of a function called
"GetSystemWow64DirectoryA"? (Or, for that matter,
"FlashUtil10b.exe", though I imagine it's part of
a Flash plugin for something.) Just curious.

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Puzzled,
Robbie Hatley
lonewolf aatt well dott com
www dott well dott com slant user slant lonewolf slant

 

[Dave Patrick]

Adobe Flash Player 10 Helper utility which may not be supported on Windows
2000. The function call is to Windows-on-Windows 64-bit subsystem



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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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"Robbie Hatley" wrote:
>
> Ok, a really weird Windows 2000 error for you:
> A few minutes ago, I started my computer,
> and the following error message box popped up:
>
> Title bar:
> FlashUtil10b.exe - Entry Point Not Found
>
> Message:
> (white X in red circle)
> The procedure entry point GetSystemWow64DirectoryA
> could not be located in the dynamic link library
> KERNEL32.dll
>
> Now, I haven't installed any new software recently, unless
> one of my programs (EI? FF?) downloaded and installed
> a new Flash plugin without my knowledge, so this came as
> a surprise.
>
> I've never heard of "GetSystemWow64DirectoryA" in my life.
> Is this actually a function built into Kernel32.dll?
> Or is the calling program buggy, perhaps mis-spelling the
> name of whatever function it's trying to call, or perhaps
> looking in the wrong DLL?
>
> Anyone here even HEAR of a function called
> "GetSystemWow64DirectoryA"? (Or, for that matter,
> "FlashUtil10b.exe", though I imagine it's part of
> a Flash plugin for something.) Just curious.
>
> --
> Puzzled,
> Robbie Hatley
> lonewolf aatt well dott com
> www dott well dott com slant user slant lonewolf slant
>
>

 

[Will Renkel]

DSPatrick@nospam.gmail.com wrote:
>Adobe Flash Player 10 Helper utility which may not be supported on Windows
>2000. The function call is to Windows-on-Windows 64-bit subsystem
>
>
>
>--
>
>Regards,
>
>Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
>Microsoft Certified Professional
>Microsoft MVP [Windows]
>http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
>
>"Robbie Hatley" wrote:
>>
>> Ok, a really weird Windows 2000 error for you:
>> A few minutes ago, I started my computer,
>> and the following error message box popped up:
>>
>> Title bar:
>> FlashUtil10b.exe - Entry Point Not Found
>>
>> Message:
>> (white X in red circle)
>> The procedure entry point GetSystemWow64DirectoryA
>> could not be located in the dynamic link library
>> KERNEL32.dll
>>
>> Now, I haven't installed any new software recently, unless
>> one of my programs (EI? FF?) downloaded and installed
>> a new Flash plugin without my knowledge, so this came as
>> a surprise.
>>
>> I've never heard of "GetSystemWow64DirectoryA" in my life.
>> Is this actually a function built into Kernel32.dll?
>> Or is the calling program buggy, perhaps mis-spelling the
>> name of whatever function it's trying to call, or perhaps
>> looking in the wrong DLL?
>>
>> Anyone here even HEAR of a function called
>> "GetSystemWow64DirectoryA"? (Or, for that matter,
>> "FlashUtil10b.exe", though I imagine it's part of
>> a Flash plugin for something.) Just curious.
>>
>> --
>> Puzzled,
>> Robbie Hatley
>> lonewolf aatt well dott com
>> www dott well dott com slant user slant lonewolf slant
>>
>>
>

I got same error under similar curcumstances
I have W2K and cygwin
I had just downloaded/installed mediacoder
and upon reboot there was the error.

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Will Renkel
Wheaton, Ill.

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[Bill Hepler]

I uninstalled some Adobe Flash add on (on Win 2k box) and it got rid of the
message. Seems to be an Adobe problem. Windows is just reporting it.



"Will Renkel" wrote:

> DSPatrick@nospam.gmail.com wrote:
> >Adobe Flash Player 10 Helper utility which may not be supported on Windows
> >2000. The function call is to Windows-on-Windows 64-bit subsystem
> >
> >--
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> >Microsoft Certified Professional
> >Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> >http://www.microsoft.com/protect
> >
> >"Robbie Hatley" wrote:
> >>
> >> Ok, a really weird Windows 2000 error for you:
> >> A few minutes ago, I started my computer,
> >> and the following error message box popped up:
> >>
> >> Title bar:
> >> FlashUtil10b.exe - Entry Point Not Found
> >>
> >> Message:
> >> (white X in red circle)
> >> The procedure entry point GetSystemWow64DirectoryA
> >> could not be located in the dynamic link library
> >> KERNEL32.dll
> >>
> >> Now, I haven't installed any new software recently, unless
> >> one of my programs (EI? FF?) downloaded and installed
> >> a new Flash plugin without my knowledge, so this came as
> >> a surprise.
> >>
> >> I've never heard of "GetSystemWow64DirectoryA" in my life.
> >> Is this actually a function built into Kernel32.dll?
> >> Or is the calling program buggy, perhaps mis-spelling the
> >> name of whatever function it's trying to call, or perhaps
> >> looking in the wrong DLL?
> >>
> >> Anyone here even HEAR of a function called
> >> "GetSystemWow64DirectoryA"? (Or, for that matter,
> >> "FlashUtil10b.exe", though I imagine it's part of
> >> a Flash plugin for something.) Just curious.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Puzzled,
> >> Robbie Hatley
> >> lonewolf aatt well dott com
> >> www dott well dott com slant user slant lonewolf slant
> >>
> I got same error under similar curcumstances
> I have W2K and cygwin
> I had just downloaded/installed mediacoder
> and upon reboot there was the error.
>
> --
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
> Will Renkel
> Wheaton, Ill.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------
>