I am unable to play DVDs. How do I fix this? Thanks
Tags: Ad2mpegin.dll', Center, Media, Message, Missing, Play, When, Windows
This entry was posted
on Sunday, February 7th, 2010 at 5:40 pm and is filed under dll errors.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
This is the full details from the previous persons linkhttp://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/31…
Error “…failed to start because ad2mpegin.dll was not found…” when you start an application after installing Premiere Elements 2.0
Issue
When you start various third-party audio or video applications, the applications return the error message, “This application has failed to start because ad2mpegin.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem.”
Details
You are running Windows Media Center and recently installed the Windows XP Media Center Rollup 2 update.
You recently installed Premiere Elements 2.0.
Solutions
Do one or more of the following solutions:
Solution 1: Add the ad2mpegin.dll and ad2mcmpgdec.dll files to your WindowsSystem32 directory.
This error message appears because the application you are attempting to start cannot find the ad2mpegin.dll file on your system. If you see this error message when you start an application, and you recently installed Premiere Elements 2.0, copy both the ad2mpegin.dll and ad2mcmpgdec.dll files from the Premiere Elements directory to your WindowsSystem32 directory:
1. Navigate to the Premiere Elements 2.0 folder. By default, this folder is installed at C:Program FilesAdobeAdobe Premiere Elements 2.0.
2. Copy the ad2mpegin.dll and ad2mcmpgdec.dll files.
3. Navigate to the Windows System32 folder. By default, this folder is installed at C:WINDOWSsystem32.
4. Paste the ad2mpegin.dll and ad2mcmpgdec.dll files into this folder.
Note: You may also need to copy the ad2mpegin.dll and ad2mcmpgdec.dll files to Windowsehome and to the program folder of the application that you are trying to start.
Solution 2: Restore your system to an earlier state.
This problem stems from changes made to the system that were implemented in the Windows XP Media Center Rollup 2. Restore your system to a state prior to the installation of this Windows update.
Background information
The files ad2mpegin.dll and ad2mcmpgdec.dll are codecs installed by Premiere Elements 2.0. Some third-party applications are designed to load all codecs that are installed on the system when they start. These applications detect when ad2mpegin.dll and ad2mcmpgdec.dll are installed, but they are unable to locate these files in the Premiere Elements 2.0 folder.
This error may appear when you start Windows Media Center, Spotlight, or when you start your system.
sounds like you downloaded some adobehttp://www.adobe.com/support/techdocs/31…