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01-22-2018 08:36 PM
MY COMPUTER JUST STARTED SHOWING THIS ERROR ON START UP.
ERROR IN C:\\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\NVSPCAP64.DLL MISSING ENTRY: SHADOWPLAYONSYSTEMSTART
HOW DO I REPAIR THIS?
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01-22-2018 08:48 PM
@MICHAELROYBAL22 wrote:MY COMPUTER JUST STARTED SHOWING THIS ERROR ON START UP.
ERROR IN C:\\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\NVSPCAP64.DLL MISSING ENTRY: SHADOWPLAYONSYSTEMSTART
HOW DO I REPAIR THIS?
This error message is related to the NVIDIA graphics drivers/Experience software. Have you recently updated or installed any of the graphics drivers on your PC? The best scenario would be to go into the Apps & Features utility and uninstall all the NVIDIA drivers/software, then reinstall the most recent supported version for your notebook.
01-22-2018 08:48 PM
@MICHAELROYBAL22 wrote:MY COMPUTER JUST STARTED SHOWING THIS ERROR ON START UP.
ERROR IN C:\\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\NVSPCAP64.DLL MISSING ENTRY: SHADOWPLAYONSYSTEMSTART
HOW DO I REPAIR THIS?
This error message is related to the NVIDIA graphics drivers/Experience software. Have you recently updated or installed any of the graphics drivers on your PC? The best scenario would be to go into the Apps & Features utility and uninstall all the NVIDIA drivers/software, then reinstall the most recent supported version for your notebook.
01-22-2018 10:01 PM
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I JUST REINSTALLED IT AND OVERWROTE THE NVIDIA UPDATE, ITS WEIRD BECAUSE I DIDNT DO ANYCHANGES TO CAUSE THE ERROR TO COME UP, IT MUST OF BEEN ANOTHER UPDATE THAT CAUSED IT. PROBLEM FIXED THANKS!
09-17-2018 08:07 AM
A recent HP update also blew up my NVIDIA drivers, so I removed the latest driver and the "Experience" package, which contains the ShadowPlay component. I left the original driver for my laptop from Dec 2017, with no impact to my display. The best part .... no more annoying missing DLL error message. Thanks so very much for the post!