How to update textinputframework.dll

Question

Hi,

We have a Windows 10 laptop were some non-Microsoft applications give a an error pointing to a missing entry in the mentioned DLL.

When we check this DLL present in Windows\System32 we see an older/smaller DLL compared with our other laptops that have no problem.

How to replace or update the laptop to the newest version?

You can't just rename/overwirite the older version, even with admin capabilities, because this does not enable "Trusted Installer"

Is there a redistributable that contains the latest version of this DLL ?

Any help appreciated,

Manu

Answer 1

Hello Manu, welcome to the Microsoft community, I'll be happy to help you today;

I understand that you are having problems with the textinputframework.dll file;

When starting which program does this error appear?

Initially I suggest you try to reinstall Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable Update 3:

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/detail...

Go to Windows Update and do ALL pending updates;

Check if the problem still persists;

Hope this helps, see you soon!

Answer 2

Hi Manu,

Here's the version of the DLL I have on my W10 v21H2 Build 19044.1889

c:\windows\system32\TextInputFramework.dll:

Verified:	Signed 

Signing date:	11:51 AM 6/18/2022 

Publisher:	Microsoft Windows 

Company:	Microsoft Corporation 

Description:	"TextInputFramework.DYNLINK" 

Product:	Microsoft® Windows® Operating System 

Prod version:	10.0.19041.1806 

File version:	10.0.19041.1806 (WinBuild.160101.0800) 

MachineType:	64-bit 

Binary Version:	10.0.19041.1806 

Original Name:	"TextInputFramework.DYNLINK" 

Internal Name:	"TextInputFramework.DYNLINK" 

Copyright:	© Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. 

Comments:	n/a 

    Size: 991 KB (1,015,456 bytes)

MD5:	6BC8C4D3E338A626873D566954CB5C53 

SHA1:	5676B9C13547B49F80956F439060C6E3E2CCE71C

Please post the version of the module available on your computer. Also, what build are you using?

Answer 3

I hear now that the first errors started several weeks ago.

And I found out that there are no restore points available on this workstation.

The fact that the error is triggered by several apps, including some of Windows itself, indicate that maybe more OS files are not up to date.

Still searching for a fix...

Answer 4

Dear Manu,as this problem started a week ago I suggest you try to perform a system restore to a date when the PC did not have this problem;

• Press the “Windows+R” keys now type RSTRUI and click “OK”.
• Click on "Show more restore points" so that more options of dates to restore appear and then choose a point with a date before this problem;
• Proceed through the screens until the restoration starts and completes.

Note: System Restore will leave the computer the way it was on the date you choose, that is, if a program was installed after the date you chose, the program will not appear installed after the restore, and so on. Files and personal data are not lost, such as documents, music, videos, photos, etc.

Check if the problem still persists after the restore;

Hope it works, see you soon!

Answer 5

The error in general does not usually come up when you start a program, nut rather when already working in it, and you can't exactly do something that will always trigger the error.

The error started to appear only a week ago, and around that time no additional software was installed by the user.

He had just the usual Windows updates.

• did install the Visual C++ redistributable you mentioned: that installed a slighter recent version of the DLL that was already present
• did ALL updates

But that did no help!

We have had the error when trying to opening a log file (TXT) right after notepad started up

But most of the time it happens when working in some application, e.g. when when browsing photo's in Irfanview and trying to rename, after hitting Enter that sets the actual changed file name.

The user did this action countless times before, and never got an error, except when typing iillegal filename

He also gets the error sometimes working in his faithful Excel 2007

You can't really predict when it's gonna happen.

But when we repeat some specific action a lot, it will happen sooner or later.