Entry point not found, shcreate ,shell32.dll. Everything is hosed!

[Zugdud]

Howdy, well this morning the server seems completely hosed! Nothing will run...everytime i try to open something including the services console i get a

"Entry point not found, the procedure entry point SHCreate Shell Item could not be located in the dynamic link library shell32.dll"

Tried restarting the system already, not sure what else to do as I can't run anything. It seems like the system is just hosed, any thoughts? I did make an image on Friday so I could rebuild the whole system if needed...just wondering if theres an easy fix first. Thanks all!

 

[Zugdud]

Ok scratch my fall back plan, looks like the image creation never ran on friday. Guess im stuck trying to make it work again! =(

 

[dougdemick]

You've probably already called Microsoft by now, but if not... it looks like this error is caused by a procedure call to a DLL. If the DLL does not contain the requested procedure, then you get this message. This could be caused becaused the DLL was replaced with an older version, usually by some software that you installed.

Best of luck solving this.....

 

[Zugdud]

Just to follow up, turns out the partition that contained windows was full. Kinda feel bad for missing it...one of the log files went crazy and just filled the entire partition up. I relocated all log files to go on a seperate partition as it should have been set in the first place.