Comments on: How To Remove devldr32.exe from Windows XP – How I did it!

By: Ronn Jonn

Ronn Jonn — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 22:28:47 +0000

If this works, I hope to try the same thing on other problems, like wuauclt.exe
Thanks to the OP, Keith, L-eon, and Elliott.

By: michael

michael — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 06:54:08 +0000

hi there, I also found devldr32.exe inside “driver.cab” in the i386 folder.

By: robert

robert — Fri, 07 Jan 2011 16:05:25 +0000

I tried to delete the files in safe mode, but i could not even get into the control panel and it was so slow it would take 20 min each time i clicked a button to open somthing.

I tried to do a system restore but would not let me.

I tried my xp cd re-install using the repair feature. it got an error and shut down, and now i get a message saying i am missing files and xp cant load.

So I though i would do a full install, but it says XP already exists. I didn’t want to delete xp and reload yet infear i will loose everything that has not been backed up yet.

Is there anything i can do in DOS to delete the files or get xp to load again.

This all started when I was trying to upgrade Roxio easy media creator.

By: Myrna Loy

Myrna Loy — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:30:29 +0000

Will using the recovery disk or reinstalling windows just take care of the problem? I can’t get windows to load all the way because of 857 processes of the dreaded thing!

By: Myrna Loy

Myrna Loy — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 15:29:16 +0000

I have the same problem and when I go into task manager… it is there 857 times!

By: Elliot

Elliot — Sat, 02 Oct 2010 19:02:47 +0000

For Windows XP SP3, in addition to removing the file from winnt\system32 and from winnt\system32\dllcache you must also open the task manager under processes and stop the process devldr32.exe. Once I did all of that and rebooted, it was gone. This was all done in safe mode. To be safe, I renamed the files to baddevldr32 or similar so that if the file was not the cause of the problem, you can always rename it back later.

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:04:09 +0000

I have WinPatrol on my computer to alert me to suspicious things that may be going on. I looked at the active tasks list and devldr32 is listed. I don’t think it’s a virus because I’m not experiencing any problems, but I don’t see why it should be running as I don’t know what it is. If I go through your steps to remove the file, could it backfire on me? Could this file actually be useful?

By: Johnboi

Johnboi — Sat, 26 Jun 2010 20:01:31 +0000

I can’t thank you enough for this solution, this process has been driving me crazy and slowing down my computer. What you suggested worked and the process is gone so thank you for all of your effort to work this out and for posting it on here for us.

By: L-eon

L-eon — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 20:03:14 +0000

I followed both procedure but the file persisted. Then I made a search and found this one.

C:\WINDOWS\system32\ReinstallBackups003\DriverFiles\i386\devldr32.exe

I removed it along the others and problem solved!!….

But I’d like to know which process is the responsible to keep an eye on the file and restore it in case of removal.

OS: WinXP Pro

By: Aleks

Aleks — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:24:48 +0000

Keith, thanks for usefful info.