VoiceAttack crashes on start up - please help!

[N1njaRat]

Been using VoiceAttack with no problems on win10 x64 for a few weeks, awesome program!  Had to reinstall windows and now voice attack crashes on start up every time.  Any ideas?

Thanks in advance

Checked VoiceAttackFault.txt

System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (0x80004005): Cannot load the "comctl32.dll" DLL into memory.
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.get_CreateParams()
   at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.get_CreateParams()
   at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.get_CreateParams()
   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.get_CreateParams()
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control..ctor(Boolean autoInstallSyncContext)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl..ctor()
   at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl..ctor()
   at System.Windows.Forms.Form..ctor()
   at VoiceAttack.DraggableForm..ctor()
   at VoiceAttack.frmMain..ctor()
   at VoiceAttack.Program.
(String[] )System.ComponentModel.Win32Exception (0x80004005): Cannot load the "comctl32.dll" DLL into memory.
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.get_CreateParams()
   at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.get_CreateParams()
   at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl.get_CreateParams()
   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.get_CreateParams()
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control..ctor(Boolean autoInstallSyncContext)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl..ctor()
   at System.Windows.Forms.ContainerControl..ctor()
   at System.Windows.Forms.Form..ctor()
   at VoiceAttack.DraggableForm..ctor()
   at VoiceAttack.frmMain..ctor()
   at VoiceAttack.Program.
(String[] )

Checked Event Viewer and got 3 errors

Windows cannot access the file C:\Windows\Speech\Engines\SR\en-GB\AI032057.am for one of the following reasons: there is a problem with the network connection, the disk that the file is stored on, or the storage drivers installed on this computer; or the disk is missing. Windows closed the program VoiceAttack because of this error.

Program: VoiceAttack
File: C:\Windows\Speech\Engines\SR\en-GB\AI032057.am

The error value is listed in the Additional Data section.
User Action
1. Open the file again. This situation might be a temporary problem that corrects itself when the program runs again.
2. If the file still cannot be accessed and
   - It is on the network, your network administrator should verify that there is not a problem with the network and that the server can be contacted.
   - It is on a removable disk, for example, a floppy disk or CD-ROM, verify that the disk is fully inserted into the computer.
3. Check and repair the file system by running CHKDSK. To run CHKDSK, click Start, click Run, type CMD, and then click OK. At the command prompt, type CHKDSK /F, and then press ENTER.
4. If the problem persists, restore the file from a backup copy.
5. Determine whether other files on the same disk can be opened. If not, the disk might be damaged. If it is a hard disk, contact your administrator or computer hardware vendor for further assistance.

Additional Data
Error value: C0000242
Disk type: 3

Faulting application name: VoiceAttack.exe, version: 1.6.7.0, time stamp: 0x595818d4
Faulting module name: spsreng.dll, version: 8.0.15063.0, time stamp: 0x864e4627
Exception code: 0xc0000006
Fault offset: 0x000939ca
Faulting process ID: 0xe44
Faulting application start time: 0x01d31a6bda2ae3b9
Faulting application path: C:\voiceattack\steamapps\common\VoiceAttack\VoiceAttack.exe
Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\System32\Speech\Engines\SR\spsreng.dll
Report ID: f1e6b26e-77c0-4048-bb3a-2acdae94eef1
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:

Application: VoiceAttack.exe
Framework Version: v4.0.30319
Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception.
Exception Info: exception code c0000006, exception address 595439CA
Stack:

[Pfeil]

You can try this:

You may want to run a system file scan to see if that yields anything:

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/929833/use-the-system-file-checker-tool-to-repair-missing-or-corrupted-system

and possibly a CHKDSK:

https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee872425.aspx

Another user had a similar issue after reinstalling Windows 10, though with a different .dll

I had to take ownership of the folder, change permissions should I could delete, rename etc. Deleted the original and got a copy of the dll from a friend. All works now.

[N1njaRat]

Tried a similar approach after reading the post linked, cheers for that.  Not sorted the issue but I have now identified an additional problem. Under system devices the high definition audio controller is showing an error.  Looks like a greater issue.

To add to the problems my internet has gone down and will take a few days to wait for an engineer.  It never rains, it pours! 

Thanks for the assistance, I will get the drivers sorted and hopefully that will fix everything