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Posted May 04, 2016
Has anyone else encountered this rundll32 issue? Basically when a game needs rundll32.exe to launch itself, like UT2004, there's a weird 20-30 second delay before the game window actually shows up. This issue occurs on Windows 7.

I went to the "Games Explorer" in Win7 and disabled all of the internet options, and I changed the "ServiceLocation" website in the Registry to a different file to see if that would prevent the delays, but neither helped. Is there any other way to fix this rundll32 issue?
This question / problem has been solved by EnforcerSunWooimage
Posted May 04, 2016
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IronArcturus: Has anyone else encountered this rundll32 issue? Basically when a game needs rundll32.exe to launch itself, like UT2004, there's a weird 20-30 second delay before the game window actually shows up. This issue occurs on Windows 7.

I went to the "Games Explorer" in Win7 and disabled all of the internet options, and I changed the "ServiceLocation" website in the Registry to a different file to see if that would prevent the delays, but neither helped. Is there any other way to fix this rundll32 issue?
I had to deal with this many years ago. Absolutely hate the "Games Explorer", probably the worst problem with Win7.

http://ubeogesh-things.blogspot.com/2012/08/resolve-it-finally-game-explorer-aka.html
Posted May 04, 2016
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IronArcturus: Has anyone else encountered this rundll32 issue? Basically when a game needs rundll32.exe to launch itself, like UT2004, there's a weird 20-30 second delay before the game window actually shows up. This issue occurs on Windows 7.

I went to the "Games Explorer" in Win7 and disabled all of the internet options, and I changed the "ServiceLocation" website in the Registry to a different file to see if that would prevent the delays, but neither helped. Is there any other way to fix this rundll32 issue?
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EnforcerSunWoo: I had to deal with this many years ago. Absolutely hate the "Games Explorer", probably the worst problem with Win7.

http://ubeogesh-things.blogspot.com/2012/08/resolve-it-finally-game-explorer-aka.html

3) Launch the game 2 times. Second copy will launch. Then, minimize game, kill first game instance (don't miss :)) and the rundll32.exe process (also not universal way, not all games support minimizing or having the process launched 2 times)
I think i can make a AHK script that can do this job...

edit: Although the problem seems to be related to a gameux.dll file, which the page continues to talk about... Guess my script suggestion is sorta moot.
Post edited May 04, 2016 by rtcvb32
Posted May 04, 2016
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EnforcerSunWoo: I had to deal with this many years ago. Absolutely hate the "Games Explorer", probably the worst problem with Win7.

http://ubeogesh-things.blogspot.com/2012/08/resolve-it-finally-game-explorer-aka.html
So is there any way to fix this without having to rename/remove system files? Plus when I launch a game that uses rundll32, I never see "gameux.dll" listed in the processes.
Posted May 04, 2016
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EnforcerSunWoo: I had to deal with this many years ago. Absolutely hate the "Games Explorer", probably the worst problem with Win7.

http://ubeogesh-things.blogspot.com/2012/08/resolve-it-finally-game-explorer-aka.html
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IronArcturus: So is there any way to fix this without having to rename/remove system files? Plus when I launch a game that uses rundll32, I never see "gameux.dll" listed in the processes.
I ran the script in the above mentioned blogpost and haven't had issues with the Games Explorer since. Got really pissed about 2 years ago with it when I found that it actually broke NOLF 2 for me.
Posted May 04, 2016
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IronArcturus: So is there any way to fix this without having to rename/remove system files? Plus when I launch a game that uses rundll32, I never see "gameux.dll" listed in the processes.
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EnforcerSunWoo: I ran the script in the above mentioned blogpost and haven't had issues with the Games Explorer since. Got really pissed about 2 years ago with it when I found that it actually broke NOLF 2 for me.
So the batch file somehow broke NOLF 2? How? Also what does the "%wd%" in the batch file mean?
Posted May 04, 2016
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EnforcerSunWoo: I ran the script in the above mentioned blogpost and haven't had issues with the Games Explorer since. Got really pissed about 2 years ago with it when I found that it actually broke NOLF 2 for me.
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IronArcturus: So the batch file somehow broke NOLF 2? How? Also what does the "%wd%" in the batch file mean?
Games Explorer broke NOLF 2 not the batch file, just to make that clear. It caused the game not to load at all. Anyway, just ignore the batch file and go for the first download that is titled "Resolving script download, straight to the business".
Post edited May 04, 2016 by EnforcerSunWoo
Posted May 04, 2016
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EnforcerSunWoo: I ran the script in the above mentioned blogpost and haven't had issues with the Games Explorer since. Got really pissed about 2 years ago with it when I found that it actually broke NOLF 2 for me.
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IronArcturus: So the batch file somehow broke NOLF 2? How? Also what does the "%wd%" in the batch file mean?
Not the working directory... Windows Directory shorthand? Seems wrong, unless echo %wd% returns anything useful then it's empty and pointless.

Made a short script that seems to do the job, I'd only need a path of where the program runs from and it will do the rest. I'll hard code it into an exe so you don't need to install AHK to use it.
Posted May 04, 2016
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EnforcerSunWoo: Anyway, Just ignore the batch file and go for the first download that is titled "Resolving script download, straight to the business".
But that is the batchfile...

That's what I'm asking about. So are you saying that's you used GameUxFixed-Ubeogesh.bat to rename the gameux.dll file and you didn't have any issues? I'm just wary about having to mess with a system file since I'm not sure if I can manually restore it if something went wrong. Did you have any permission issues with the file?
Post edited May 04, 2016 by IronArcturus
Posted May 04, 2016
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EnforcerSunWoo: Anyway, Just ignore the batch file and go for the first download that is titled "Resolving script download, straight to the business".
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IronArcturus: But that is the batchfile...

That's what I'm asking about. So are you saying that's you used GameUxFixed-Ubeogesh.bat to rename the gameux.dll file and you didn't have any issues? I'm just wary about having to mess with a system file since I'm not sure if I can manually restore it if something went wrong. Did you have any permission issues with the file?
Yep my bad, thought that the link below was different than the above.

Yes, I used GameUxFixed-Ubeogesh to fix the issues I was having. You just have to rerun the process to restore if I remember correctly.

Sorry, I do not remember having permission issues altering the file with the above mentioned fix.
Post edited May 04, 2016 by EnforcerSunWoo
Posted May 04, 2016
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rtcvb32: Not the working directory... Windows Directory shorthand? Seems wrong, unless echo %wd% returns anything useful then it's empty and pointless.

Made a short script that seems to do the job, I'd only need a path of where the program runs from and it will do the rest. I'll hard code it into an exe so you don't need to install AHK to use it.
So this new exe file you're writing is going to be similar to the batch file? Does it also use the CMD window too? Also, what is "AHK?"
Posted May 04, 2016
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IronArcturus: So this new exe file you're writing is going to be similar to the batch file? Does it also use the CMD window too? Also, what is "AHK?"
AHK is AutoHotKeys. What it will do is literally run the program hidden, run a second copy, then kill the first copy. (Suggestion 3), tested it with notepad and seems to work fine. No changes to the system and doesn't need admin, only path information for the game.
Posted May 04, 2016
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rtcvb32: AHK is AutoHotKeys. What it will do is literally run the program hidden, run a second copy, then kill the first copy. (Suggestion 3), tested it with notepad and seems to work fine. No changes to the system and doesn't need admin, only path information for the game.
But the issue I'm having is that when I first launch the game, I see the game exe and the rundll32.exe listed in the processes, and there's a weird delay for about 20-30 seconds. The game will eventually show up, I just don't know if running two instances will fix my issue.
Posted May 04, 2016
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rtcvb32: AHK is AutoHotKeys. What it will do is literally run the program hidden, run a second copy, then kill the first copy. (Suggestion 3), tested it with notepad and seems to work fine. No changes to the system and doesn't need admin, only path information for the game.
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IronArcturus: But the issue I'm having is that when I first launch the game, I see the game exe and the rundll32.exe listed in the processes, and there's a weird delay for about 20-30 seconds. The game will eventually show up, I just don't know if running two instances will fix my issue.
The page suggests if you run two instances, only the first one will delay while the second instance just runs...

Actually it appears it can run off shortcuts/links so i don't need to fix this for a specific path/game.
Posted May 04, 2016
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rtcvb32: AHK is AutoHotKeys. What it will do is literally run the program hidden, run a second copy, then kill the first copy. (Suggestion 3), tested it with notepad and seems to work fine. No changes to the system and doesn't need admin, only path information for the game.
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IronArcturus: But the issue I'm having is that when I first launch the game, I see the game exe and the rundll32.exe listed in the processes, and there's a weird delay for about 20-30 seconds. The game will eventually show up, I just don't know if running two instances will fix my issue.
That is why I ran the fix to totally disable the Rundll32 and the Games Explorer. NOLF 2 wouldn't even launch for me because of it. Also had to double click on various games to get them to even launch.
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