jenlove20 jenlove20

Windows Host Process (Rundll32) popup 2x on startup - Windows 10 64bit

▼

Windows Host Process (Rundll32) popup 2x on startup - Windows 10 64bit

Popup refers to two locations in the system32 and fences folder

from Stardock Forums

This messages popups 2x on laptop startup.  How do I stop this?

 

I'm running Windows 10 with 64 bit.  Fences 3.

 

Thanks for any help!

fences
94,394 views 79 replies
Reply #76 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting SimplyEmy, reply 75

Hello again!

Sadly creating a new account doesn't help because the pop-ups still happen when signing in to the new account.

For some reason fences when installed makes rundll32 open as an admin and there is no way to change it. 

Has anyone had any luck on this issue yet? 
End of SimplyEmy's quote

There are a myriad of suggestions in this thread; can you detail what else from it you have tried?

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager

Reply #77 from Stardock Forums Top

Not sure if I've found a solution, or just a good temporary fix.

The compatibility/run as flags are saved somewhere in the registry. But I'm no expert with the registry, so I found a utility called AppCompatibilityView from Nirsoft. https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/app_compatibility_view.html

It showed all of the programs/games in my system that have compatibility settings set, and Rundll32.exe was in the list. From there, I was able to select the Rundll32.exe entry, then go 'Action' > 'Delete Selected Item' to remove the compatibility settings for the item.

Been 3 months without the issue coming back, so far anyway. 🤞

Still not sure what caused it to get set that way in the first place.

DeskScapes - Bring your desktop background to life.
Reply #78 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting emerysteele, reply 77

Not sure if I've found a solution, or just a good temporary fix.

The compatibility/run as flags are saved somewhere in the registry. But I'm no expert with the registry, so I found a utility called AppCompatibilityView from Nirsoft. https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/app_compatibility_view.html

It showed all of the programs/games in my system that have compatibility settings set, and Rundll32.exe was in the list. From there, I was able to select the Rundll32.exe entry, then go 'Action' > 'Delete Selected Item' to remove the compatibility settings for the item.

Been 3 months without the issue coming back, so far anyway. 🤞

Still not sure what caused it to get set that way in the first place.
End of emerysteele's quote

This is very helpful, ty emerysteele.

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager

Reply #79 from Stardock Forums Top

Thank you emerysteele!!!

After using "app compatibility view", the popups still persisted even though the rundll entry was removed even after booting and the yellow/blue shield (=admin) icon at the rundll32.exe file was also finally gone.

So that looked very good already, but the problem was still there.

I then used Microsoft / Sysinternals "autoruns" to remove all entries related to Fences.
After the next reboot I started Fences manually and the necessary autostart entries were set automatically.
After next reboot the popups disappeared.  :grin:  :thumbsup:  

Thanks again emerysteele.