Why RunDLL.exe?

bobmac · Post by **bobmac** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 1:35 pm

Why does Atlantis insist on Rundll.exe being connected to the internet?

BobMac

Post by **admin** » Sat Oct 22, 2011 6:57 pm

What do you mean by "Atlantis insists"? Does Atlantis display a message box?

Atlantis does not require any executable file to be connected to the Internet.
Atlantis never launches the Rundll.exe file.

Please click here for information on the rundll.exe file.

bobmac · Post by **bobmac** » Mon Oct 24, 2011 7:14 am

With Rundll.exe denied access via the firewall, Atlantis produces a false start. Nothing apparently happens when double-clicking the desktop icon.

But checking Task Manager shows an instance of Atlantis.exe running, using only 2Mb memory. Double-clicking again starts the prog up normally, using approx 12Mb memory. Using Task Manager to terminate the first (smaller) instance still leaves Atlantis running normally - although I have experienced occasional crashes at this stage.

With Rundll.exe allowed to connect to the internet, none of this happens.

BobMac

Post by **admin** » Mon Oct 24, 2011 5:56 pm

I cannot say why your Atlantis fails to work correctly when Rundll.exe is not allowed to connect to the internet.

Do you have open non-blank documents in Atlantis after a successful startup? Have you ever pasted Web page clips to the Clippy Bank of Atlantis? Is your Clippy Bank now blank?

bobmac · Post by **bobmac** » Tue Oct 25, 2011 2:07 am

I have uninstalled Atlantis, run a Reg Cleaner and then used RegEdit to manually search for and remove any instances of Atlantis.exe - there were several remaining.

After a reboot and reinstall, Atlantis now works properly again.

Something odd there certainly, but I've no idea what it was.