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From: Tony on 30 Apr 2010 11:04
I have been trying to simply change my desktop theme/desktop color.
Every attempt to execute the change gives me the DEP message about "run
..dll as an app". So I went into System Properties/Advanced/Performance
and checked the box for an exception on "run .dll as an app". Reboot.
Still wont allow me to do it. So I switched to "turn off DEP", which I
know isn't wise, but I rebooted and it still will not let me change
desktop theme, etc. A thorough online search turns up no info beyond
what I've already tried. Can anyone help me solve this? Many thanks!

Tony
From: Jim on 30 Apr 2010 16:13
On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:04:33 -0400, Tony <labombarda(a)hollow.oak>
wrote:

>I have been trying to simply change my desktop theme/desktop color.
>Every attempt to execute the change gives me the DEP message about "run
>.dll as an app". So I went into System Properties/Advanced/Performance
>and checked the box for an exception on "run .dll as an app". Reboot.
>Still wont allow me to do it. So I switched to "turn off DEP", which I
>know isn't wise, but I rebooted and it still will not let me change
>desktop theme, etc. A thorough online search turns up no info beyond
>what I've already tried. Can anyone help me solve this? Many thanks!
>
>Tony

A .dll cannot be run as an app .
From: Tony on 30 Apr 2010 16:24
Jim wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Apr 2010 11:04:33 -0400, Tony <labombarda(a)hollow.oak>
> wrote:
>
>> I have been trying to simply change my desktop theme/desktop color.
>> Every attempt to execute the change gives me the DEP message about "run
>> .dll as an app". So I went into System Properties/Advanced/Performance
>> and checked the box for an exception on "run .dll as an app". Reboot.
>> Still wont allow me to do it. So I switched to "turn off DEP", which I
>> know isn't wise, but I rebooted and it still will not let me change
>> desktop theme, etc. A thorough online search turns up no info beyond
>> what I've already tried. Can anyone help me solve this? Many thanks!
>>
>> Tony
>
> A .dll cannot be run as an app .


I know that - but that's the message I get. Incidentally (I should have
mentioned this in my first post)Firewall on, daily updated anti-virus
on, daily updated Malwarebytes in "thorough" scan, newly updated Spybot
full scan: All show nothing, nada.

Tony
From: Elmo on 30 Apr 2010 20:51
Tony wrote:
> I have been trying to simply change my desktop theme/desktop color.
> Every attempt to execute the change gives me the DEP message about "run
> .dll as an app". So I went into System Properties/Advanced/Performance
> and checked the box for an exception on "run .dll as an app". Reboot.
> Still won't allow me to do it. So I switched to "turn off DEP", which I
> know isn't wise, but I rebooted and it still will not let me change
> desktop theme, etc. A thorough online search turns up no info beyond
> what I've already tried. Can anyone help me solve this? Many thanks!
>
> Tony

Look at the error message again.. is it more along this line?

"rundll.exe" or "rungll32.exe cannot be run as an application"

--
Joe =o)
From: Tony on 30 Apr 2010 22:54
Elmo wrote:
> Tony wrote:
>> I have been trying to simply change my desktop theme/desktop color.
>> Every attempt to execute the change gives me the DEP message about "run
>> .dll as an app". So I went into System Properties/Advanced/Performance
>> and checked the box for an exception on "run .dll as an app". Reboot.
>> Still won't allow me to do it. So I switched to "turn off DEP", which I
>> know isn't wise, but I rebooted and it still will not let me change
>> desktop theme, etc. A thorough online search turns up no info beyond
>> what I've already tried. Can anyone help me solve this? Many thanks!
>>
>> Tony
>
> Look at the error message again.. is it more along this line?
>
> "rundll.exe" or "rungll32.exe cannot be run as an application"
>

No, the message is: "To help protect your computer, Windows has closed
this application". The application is listed as "Run .dll as an app".
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