Often, when you try to start some programs or games, a message appears that the shw32.dll file is not found. It is a dynamic memory management library, which is often used by many old applications, issued until 2008. A similar problem occurs on all versions of Windows.
Method 1: manual installation shw32.dll
At first, you can independently download the obviously working version of the dynamic library to the computer and copy to the system directory. For Windows X86 (32 bits), it is located at C: \ Windows \ System32, and for the 64-bit OS - C: \ Windows \ SYSWOW64.
In order to avoid misunderstandings, we recommend reading the instructions for registering the copied libraries in the system.
Read more: Register the DLL file in Windows
Method 2: Troubleshooting File Block Antivirus
Failure says that the desired DLL has established incorrectly or is not at all. Quite often, antivirus installed on the computer and for some reason blocking this file is to blame. In this regard, we recommend to look into the quarantine of anti-virus software. In addition, it will not be superfluous to add it to the exclusion of protective software.Read more:
Restoring the antivirus quarantine files on the AVAST example
How to add a file to exclude antivirus
You can also try to reinstall the program that does not start without this DLL, after turning off the antivirus for a while. Regardless of the event output, do not forget to activate it back, and with the successful event of events - add shw32.dll to exceptions as shown in the article on the link above.
Read more: Disable antivirus
Method 3: Search for another version of the program
It is possible that in the program version that you install on a computer is missing or damaged by this DLL. In this situation, a logical output will be an attempt to take advantage of another version of software, which is especially important for pirate content. For greater confidence, you can also turn off the antivirus at the time of installation.
If the cause of the problem is not in antivirus and not in the program itself, it is not necessary to do without independent installation of the required library. On this we end the analysis of troubleshooting methods with the SHW32.DLL dynamic library.