Easy fix for winscomrssrv.dll: There was a problem starting winscomrssrv.dll

A friend of mine had an error at the startup of his computer. RunDLL There was a problem starting winscomrssrv.dll. The specific module could not be found.

What happened before

Previously he’d been a victim of a trojan virus. His antivirus program quarantined three files from C:\Windows\System32:

  • winscomrssrv.dll
  • startupchecklibrary.dll
  • winlogui.exe

Afterwards, his pc was running fine and smoothly. Windows Defender did not find any threats. Still he got these RunDLL module errors at startup.

How to fix There was a problem starting winscomrssrv.dll

The winscomrssrv.dll and startupchecklibrary.dll errors are definitely the dreg of the malware that was present before.

I was sure all threats were solved. I only needed to remove the references to the (missing) DLL files. Sysinternals Autoruns is a great free lightweight tool to help you with this.

Detailed steps to fix winscomrssrv.dll

  1. Download and unzip Autoruns from https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/autoruns
  2. Rightclick the downloaded Autoruns.exe and choose Run As Adminstrator
  3. In the Filter box, type winscomrssrv
  4. View the result. Any ‘File not Found’ image paths, are save to delete.
  5. Do the same for startupchecklibrary. Any File Not Found results can be safely removed.
winscomrssrv.dll There was a problem starting winscomrssrv.dll

Community additions

From the comments below, I’ve learned some people still have the error after deleting winscomrssrv.dll and startupchecklibrary.dll.

I found out that there’s an additional scheduled task, named srvhost, that may lead to the error message. To fix, do the following:

  1. Run Autoruns.exe as administrator.
  2. In the Filterbox up top Enter: srvhost
  3. You should see a Task Scheduler entry: \Microsoft\Windows\WDI\SrvHost
  4. Right click on this entry and Delete.

You may also see the entry winlogui in Autoruns. As far as I’m informed, this entry should not be run at startup. On my pc at least, entry winlogui is not present. If you’re getting an error about winlogui, you could try to delete it. I think it won’t harm. However, I don’t know what the consequences are.

Final note

Malware often leaves traces behind. Even when the malware is removed by your antivirus program. However, errors like “The specific module could not be found” are not always caused by malware. An upgrade of Windows 10 or uninstallation of 3rd party software may also leave traces. A great example is Logitechs logilda.dll

In most cases, Sysinternals Autoruns.exe may help you remove these kinds of startup errors.

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Eizen

Hi. I’m having the same problem.

After downloading this will it resolved all pop ups like startuplibrary.dll???
Will this not lead into any added pop upps?

Sufis Tech

Just tried it and yes it is working Perfectly. All popups are gone which came on startup.

Napalm

It worked perfectly! Thank you very much!!!

Andy Mac

Worked perfectly!! thanks a bunch.

Mr. Rogers

Please note the typo in Detailed Steps:
3. In the Filter box, type winscomrssv > winscomrssrv
(This typo also appears in a couple of article and section headings.)
Great program nonetheless!

Joe

Works with me! Amazing. Thank you!

Jakd01

works for me, Thank you , Thumbs up

george

Thankss!

Modou G.

It works

Modou G.

Thank you very much.

Aaron

Thanks.

eyish

thanks, it worked.

guwapings30

Many Thanks!!! works like a charm

Powerbank

Thanks it worked !!
There is a small correction..
After deleting both files, delete the winlogui file too
Then Save that autorun files to finish the process.

Finally Restart your PC
1,2,3… Problem Fixed !!

Henriqu

Nice! Thanks u!

Al Al

just wanted to say thank you for the tutorial.

Joey

I just had the same issue. Mucho gracias for the helpful article

Oleksandr

Thanks for the concise and simple instruction. Much appreciate.

Luís Queimadela

when I search it, nothing appears, but I still get the error

lazy kid

Hi, i successfully deleted startupchecklibrary. Unfortunately, i can’t find winscomrssrv in the autorun, any fix to that?

Zeth

I also can’t find winscomrssrv.dll in the autorun, but I’m done with startupchecklibrary, any ideas?

Marko

I also couldn’t find winscomssrv so i deleted srvhost and it worked! Thanks a lot!

David

Great! Thanks!!!

Pedro Clement

I’ve tried everything…including reinstalling Win10 (keeping apps and docs), and when finished the new installation, those pop up appaired again!!! I don’t know what to do…

Pedro Clement

Yes, I did. In the first search I got some files highlighted in yellow, but none of the *.dll in question. I deleted all and the problem continues after restart…

Pedro Clement

I’ve never installed third party antivirus, and the Windows Defender don’t show any quarentine file.

Pedro Clement

Well…it seems to be fixed…finally…
First step, using Autoruns, then, Task Scheduler. I searched for those tasks and their search related triggers. And I stopped them.
After restart, no pop-up appeared and no fkng “error sound”…

Maja Rocha

This helped a lot. Thank you so much!

Yefu

Everytime i run it as an administrator, I cant see the winscomrssrv file. Please help

MArk

I get this error on startup yet when I search for the three terms in the filter box i don’t get any file

Claudia

Same, still can’t get rid of it

Jake

Hey guys, came across this thread and just wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone on it. I was having this same issue, followed the instructions and it worked! 🙂

Karen

Finally resolved that pesky winscomrssrv.dll issue — note that it somehow became ‘hidden’ or un-findable after Running as Admin. Deleting the WDI SrvHost removed the annoying error thing at the end though.

Dodo

Thank you so much!!! I can finally locate the winscomrssrv.dll. It just doesn’t show in Autoruns run as admin.

Qwer

Wow. That actually helped. BIG thanks!

John White

Excellent, thank-you!

Danlian

Hi dave, this error also appears on my desktop, the problem is after start up, the desktop is blank, ive uses contol altdel just to to explore folders, i tried to run the software yet the autoruns wont appear, it will be stock on process. Im running out of patience, and i tried to run a bootable drive to invoke system restore yet not posible also error occur, so i take the hard drive and put it to another desktop as a secondary partition so i could run the software but still i can’t find those file. How can i… Read more »

Tanvir

Hi solution giver, it is very helpful to solve this problem. point no 2 is worked for me. Thank you.

C3N

any1 can help with uRWM_Datetupc.dll. Bugging me everytime, cant find it and also keep pop up whenever I close it

Sofia

hi, i did everything but i cannot for the life of me find any of the 3 .dll files mentioned!! Please help me :((((

namin

i cannot find all the 3 mentioned dll files in the autorun application but the error still shows up

hey

if you cant find it be sure to uncheck the hide windows enteries option to the left of the quick filter search bar

sanju

thanks

Ribs

Thank you

steve

Quick and easy guide to sorting out a annoying issue. thank you.

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