This problem arises mainly due to the use of memory, especially during the game. I know that hasn’t worked for everyone, but such are the joys of computing these days! If I ever need to get into those advanced language options, I know I’ll need to work on other solutions but, for now, everything is finally working again.If you encounter a Ctfmon.exe Unknown Hard Error error in Windows 10 and do not know what it is or how to fix the problem, then you are in the right place. I tried using the Control Panel/Regional Language options solution but kept getting an error message (some Shell and rundll errors) when I attempted to click on the Details button on the Language tab! The only thing that worked for me, at this point at least, was to disable CTFMON in startup. This allowed me to use MS applications but I still had start up errors with CTFMON. I tried the KB solution as others had suggested but I did not have those particular options/features visible in order to disable them.Įventually I had to uninstall/reinstall Office 2007. At first, I could not use most MS applications (IE7, Office 2007).
My problems from CTFMON began suddenly and not after loading anything on my system–it had been stable for months. I am running XP Pro, SP3 and MS Office 2007.
Right now the program is not listed in my task manager.Īmazing how the number of different possible configurations lead to so many different possible solutions. I followed JAGUART’s procedures to stop ctfmon but won’t know if that worked until after restart. Spysweeper (from microsoft), Spybot S&D and AdAware all ID ctfmon as a problem. I found CTFMON.EXE-0E17969B in windows prefetch created on 16 jan 08, the day I found it running in task manager, while the ctfmon.exe and CTFMON._xe were created on 26 Aug 04 in sytem32 and I386 folders. I went to Microsoft knowledge base and found a procedure to stop it from running but that procedure was wrong in regard to Win XP (see above). On 16 Jan 08 I found ctfmon running and stopped it. I always check my task manager to stop programs from running that I don’t need. …I had no option to Add or Remove Features. In the Maint Mode Options box, select Add or Remove Features…” “Microsoft Windows 2000 and Microsoft Windows XP:ĥ. I tried to stop ctfmon from running but when I reached step 5 of microsoft procedures… It seems to me this really needs to be investigated since several people are reporting seeing it show up out of the blue that don’t have or never have had the program it is supposedly associated installed on the computer in question. After reading this forum I did follow further advice from amwhoam and unregister the other 2 dll’s. I know someone said it seemed safe and they would leave it alone for now… I tend to be a little more on the safe side or paranoid if you prefer and would rather get rid of it knowing I don’t even have the program it’s suppose to be associated with and deal with any issues that may occur from the removal than find out later it was a keylogger or worm or something. what do I care if it messes up a program I never had? We’ll see what happens. but they show you how to disable it… whatever… Since I’ve never had Office XP on this system…ever… I searched my computer and registry for ctfmon.exe… found one in the prefetch folder and one in the system/32 folder… deleted ever little one I found…. I’ve read it and they merely state it is part of Office XP which I have never owned, used, tried anything, and they also suggest not removing it…? hmmm… because it might damage my Office XP? hmmmm… yeah right…. I’m thinking it’s related to one of those… please don’t send me a link to Microsoft’s explanation on it…. I had to reactive windows after a reformat and 2.
The only new things I’ve done on this computer was 1. Ctfmon.exe showed up in my task manager as well all of a sudden for the first time ever.