subject: How To Resolve The Hlink.dll Related Error In Powerpoint [print this page] Microsoft PowerPoint is a remarkable component of MS Office suite that is mainly used to create rich audio-visual presentations. It is used extensively by trainers, students, corporate professionals, etc. You can also insert Internet hyperlinks in the presentation to open a website from the presentation itself. However, sometimes the presentation file containing such links gets corrupted because of various reasons such as power outages, virus infections, damaged operating system, etc. In such cases, you should take appropriate measures to recover powerpoint (or .pptx) file.
Consider a scenario wherein you are working on a PowerPoint presentation. You have embedded several hyperlinks in it to be shown in its slide show. When you open the file, it does not open and an error message is displayed, that is:
Microsoft PowerPoint "hlink.dll" can't be loaded.
Once this error message is encountered, the presentation becomes inaccessible and you will have perform PowerPoint recovery using appropriate measures.
Cause:
The aforementioned error message can occur if the Hlink.dll file is missing, is damaged, or is the wrong version. The Hlink.dll file is installed with Internet Explorer and controls the way PowerPoint handles the Internet hyperlinks.
Resolution:
To resolve the issue and recover PowerPoint file, you should replace Hlink.dll file with a new one. Following ways can help you to do it:
Reinstall Internet Explorer. You can do this using Microsoft Windows CD.
Extract Hlink.dll file. You can do this either by using Microsoft Windows CD or by replacing the file with its copy in the system.
If you still are unable to recover the PowerPoint file, it means that the PowerPoint file is corrupt. In such cases, you should use a third-party Powerpoint recovery tool. These tools perform .ppt recovery using sophisticated algorithms to scan the damaged area.
