Input.dll error message when you click Details in the Regional and Language Options dialog box (887852)

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256986 Description of the Microsoft Windows Registry

SYMPTOMS

You click the Languages tab in the Regional and Language Options dialog box on a computer that is running the Japanese version or the Korean version of Microsoft Windows XP. When you click Details, you receive the following error message:

:shell32.dll control.run.dll input.dll

RESOLUTION

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To resolve this problem, use one of the following methods depending on your version of Windows XP:

Japanese

Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.
Locate the following registry key: HKCU\Software\Microsoft\IMEJP\9.0\SetPreload
In the right pane, right-click the SetPreload DWORD value, and then click Delete.
Quit Registry Editor.
Restart the computer.

Note If there are other user accounts on the computer, log on to the computer as each user, and then follow these steps for each user.

Korean

Click Start, click Run, type regedit in the Open box, and then click OK.
Locate the following registry key: HKEY_Current_User\Software\Microsoft\IMEKR\7.0\Migrated
Right-click Migrated, and then click Delete.
Quit Registry Editor.
Restart the computer.

Note If there are other user accounts on the computer, log on to the computer as that user, and then follow these steps for each user.