{"id":43667,"date":"2023-05-05T16:53:57","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T11:23:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/198.58.113.91\/blog\/?p=43667"},"modified":"2026-03-09T12:19:40","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T06:49:40","slug":"setup-exe-error-0x7e-autorun-dll-corrupt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/setup-exe-error-0x7e-autorun-dll-corrupt\/","title":{"rendered":"Setup.exe Error 0x7E: Autorun.dll could not be loaded or is corrupt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you attempt to run setup.exe from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/windows-10-iso-direct-download-mct-useragent\/\">Windows 10 or 11 ISO<\/a>, the following error may occur:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"err\">Install Windows\r\n\r\nThe file 'autorun.dll' could not be loaded or is corrupt. Setup cannot continue. Error code is [0x7E]<\/pre>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43669\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/windows-setup-autorun-dll-error.png\" alt=\"windows 10 setup error autorun.dll missing\" width=\"412\" height=\"152\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The error code\u00a0<code><strong>0x7E<\/strong><\/code> implies, &#8220;The specified module could not be found.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h2>Cause<\/h2>\n<p>The above error occurs if the user tries to open the ISO using a third-party tool like 7-Zip and run setup.exe from there. If the user is running setup.exe from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/windows-iso-to-usb-dvd-tool-bootable-media\/\">USB setup disk<\/a> and yet this error occurs, it&#8217;s possible that the USB disk is corrupt or the file Autorun.dll wasn&#8217;t copied successfully during the setup disk creation.<\/p>\n<h2>Resolution<\/h2>\n<p>To fix the issue, please run setup.exe as mentioned below.<\/p>\n<p>First, mount the ISO by right-clicking on it and clicking &#8220;Mount.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43671\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/run-setup-from-iso-1.png\" alt=\"mount iso windows 10 setup\" width=\"371\" height=\"142\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When you mount an ISO, a drive letter like this will be assigned and will show up in This PC. The mounted ISO drive letter will have the caption &#8220;DVD Drive&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/run-setup-from-iso-0.png\" alt=\"mount iso windows 10 setup\" width=\"541\" height=\"229\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43674\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Double-click the drive letter (<code>H:\\<\/code> in this example), and run <code>H:\\Setup.exe<\/code>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43672\" src=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/run-setup-from-iso-3.png\" alt=\"mount iso windows 10 setup\" width=\"536\" height=\"274\" \/><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it! This should successfully start the setup process.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> If you&#8217;re running setup.exe from a USB flash disk and yet the above error occurs, please format the USB flash disk and recreate a new setup disk using Rufus or Media Creation Tool. Check out the article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/windows-iso-to-usb-dvd-tool-bootable-media\/\">Create Bootable USB Disk from ISO Using Rufus or MCT<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n<p>If none of the above steps help, please download a fresh <a href=\"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/windows-10-iso-direct-download-mct-useragent\/\">Windows 10 or 11 ISO<\/a> copy and run setup.exe.<\/p>\n<p><em>I hope the information in this article helps. Let&#8217;s know your comments.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you attempt to run setup.exe from the Windows 10 or 11 ISO, the following error may occur: Install Windows The file &#8216;autorun.dll&#8217; could not be loaded or is corrupt. Setup cannot continue. Error code is [0x7E]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[8,869],"tags":[191,781],"class_list":["post-43667","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-10","category-windows-11","tag-error-messages","tag-windows-setup"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":62618,"url":"https:\/\/www.winhelponline.com\/blog\/setup-inplace-upgrade-language-screen\/","url_meta":{"origin":43667,"position":0},"title":"Windows Setup: Language Selection Screen Appears During In-Place Upgrade","author":"Ramesh","date":"October 1, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"When you run an in-place upgrade by running Setup.exe using the Windows 10 or 11 Media Creation Tool or ISO from Windows, the language selection screen pops up. 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