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jscript.dll & vbscript.dll Will Not Stay Registered

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Windows 8 Pro 64Bit – I tried to open an avi file by clicking on it and instead of the video playing I got a server execution failed error. I did research on the error and found it was related to jscript.dll and vbscript.dll not being registered. I opened an admin command prompt and re-registered the dll files regsvr32 dll name. This fixed the problem and media files started playing as before. Shortly afterwards I rebooted the computer, tried to play a media file and got the server execution error again. I registered the 2 dll’s again and everything was fine. Problem is, every time I reboot the machine, something is unregistering these 2 dll files.

I’ve ran virus and malware scanners and my system is clean so that’s not the cause. I am not really sure when this problem started but I was able to play media files in WMP a week or 2 or 3 ago, and is has been a while since I have installed any new software other than updates to existing programs.

Anyone have any ideas as to how to fix this?

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Thanks, I reposted in Q&A.

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