Netsh in system 32 folder crashing in windows 11

Raviprasath Sakthivel 0

Netsh in system 32 folder crashing in windows 11. But netsh under syswow64 folder working. Need help in resolving system 32 netsh

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Anonymous

2024-05-15T04:06:59.1466667+00:00
Hi Raviprasath Sakthivel,

Thanks for your post. Based on my research, this issue may happen due to system file corruption.

Disable any Antivirus program or Windows firewall you may have for temporary purpose.

Cleanup below Temp folders location -> Open Start -> Run -> Type below location one-by-one and press enter C:\Windows\Temp %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Temp

Run Disk Cleanup from Select C:\ Drive from Properties- > General -> Disk Cleanup - >Cleanup system files

Run sfc /scannow from elevated prompt.

Run below DISM commands from elevated prompt.

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /CheckHealth

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /ScanHealth

DISM /Online /Cleanup-Image /RestoreHealth

Best Regards,

Ian Xue

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KieSeyHow 0 Reputation points

2025-02-21T01:03:14.31+00:00

None of these repairs seem to work for repairing the NetSh utility.
If someone did have a virus, that would result in the associated dlls being removed and quarantined, and these commends to not repair or reinstall Netsh correctly.

I tried looking for the files in the Windows Winre.wim, also in install.wim, and install.esd, and some of them are simply not there.

How is NetSh installed or reinstalled?

One of the most used tools on Windows, so there must be a way to reinstall or repair this utility.

KieSeyHow 0 Reputation points

2025-02-21T01:07:46.2833333+00:00

None of these commands repair or replace missing files for netsh.

I just repeated all this again, making sure nothing else was running, after cleaning up files and ensuring there was no interference.

All DISM online commands had no issue;
sfc command, found no errors and completed successfully;
and still there is a missing dll in netsh.
Apparently the missing napmontr.dll is not part of the protected files from Microsoft.

napmontr.dll is only mentioned twice in the Registry, once for netsh, and once for the sysWOW version of netsh. There is no symlink for this file, no winsxs origin for this file, and yet it is accepted as part of Windows since at least Windows 8.1, and for 10, and 11.

So how is NetSh reinstalled? Surely there is a PowerShell script for this? Or where does that link library file come from?
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