Re: Error: 64 bit DLL ???

I thought that I clarified that.

I have a new Windows 11 laptop, onto which I want to install Vim v9.x, 64-bit.

One thing I expect is to locate a file via Windows Explorer, right click it, and select to edit it with Vim, or to Open it with Vim.

Apparently, something is different on Windows 11, whereby these right-click options are not automatically there.

I try to register the DLL in Regedit, like this:

  regsvr32 "C:\Program Files\vim\vim91\GvimExt64\gvimext.dll"

I receive the following error, which indicates that this DLL is NOT 64-bit.

What am I missing?

Please, advise. Thank you.

~ Mike

On Wednesday, August 6, 2025 at 2:43:30 AM UTC-5 Christian Brabandt wrote:

Hi,
I have no idea what that error means. Can you try a more uptodate
version? See https://github.com/vim/vim-win32-installer/releases

Have you tried the installer version?

Thanks,
Chris

On Di, 05 Aug 2025, Mike Schleif wrote:

> OK, re-installing from this: gvim_9.1.0_x64_signed.exe
>
> C:\Program Files\vim>dir "C:\Program Files\vim\vim91\GvimExt64\gvimext.dll" "C:\Program Files\vim\vim91\GvimExt32\gvimext.dll"
>  Volume in drive C has no label.
>  Volume Serial Number is 9B2D-0154
>
>  Directory of C:\Program Files\vim\vim91\GvimExt64
>
> 01/02/2024  11:55 PM           155,136 gvimext.dll
>                1 File(s)        155,136 bytes
>
>  Directory of C:\Program Files\vim\vim91\GvimExt32
>
> 01/02/2024  11:55 PM           128,000 gvimext.dll
>                1 File(s)        128,000 bytes
>                0 Dir(s)  944,380,166,144 bytes free
>
> Although the two DLLs are different, the result remains the same:
>   The module was loaded but the entry-point DllRegisterServer was not found ...
>
> On Tuesday, August 5, 2025 at 12:34:36 PM UTC-5 Mike Schleif wrote:
>
> From this page: https://www.vim.org/download.php
>
> I downloaded this file multiple times: gvim_9.1.0_x64_signed.zip (64bit zip package)
>
> Each time, the extracted ZIP files include this:
> C:\Program Files\vim\vim91>dir *.dll /b /s
> C:\Program Files\vim\vim91\libiconv-2.dll
> C:\Program Files\vim\vim91\libintl-8.dll
> C:\Program Files\vim\vim91\libsodium.dll
> C:\Program Files\vim\vim91\winpty64.dll
> C:\Program Files\vim\vim91\GvimExt32\gvimext.dll
> C:\Program Files\vim\vim91\GvimExt32\libiconv-2.dll
> C:\Program Files\vim\vim91\GvimExt32\libintl-8.dll
> C:\Program Files\vim\vim91\GvimExt64\gvimext.dll
> C:\Program Files\vim\vim91\GvimExt64\libiconv-2.dll
> C:\Program Files\vim\vim91\GvimExt64\libintl-8.dll
>
> On Windows 11, I am trying to get the older file right click options to edit with Vim.
>
> Instructed to manually modify Registry settings, like this:
>   regsvr32 "C:\Program Files\vim\vim91\GvimExt64\gvimext.dll"
>
> It always fails with this error:
>   "The module was loaded but the entry-point DllRegisterServer was not found ..."
>
> Neither of these two DLLs are 64-bit:
>   C:\Program Files\vim\vim91\GvimExt32\gvimext.dll
>   C:\Program Files\vim\vim91\GvimExt64\gvimext.dll
>
> What am I missing?
>
> Please, advise. Thank you.
>
> ~ Mike
>
>
>
>


Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Christian
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