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I have a fresh install of QGIS 2.4. When trying to open a .shp file I get the error message below.

I've followed their advice and have done several re-installs and also cleared all qgis files from my system (Parallels on Mac OS X 10.6) before those re-installs. I've tried QGIS 2.2 which caused the same problem.

Funnily all worked for a day, the following day and since not anymore...

Has anyone come across this before?

qgis_core

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  • Just did a fresh install of 2.10.1 (32 bit) on Windows and it has the same problem when running bin\qgis-bin.exe
    – Kwebble
    Aug 29, 2015 at 14:16
  • After installation I open it but the response was..I have a missing (qgis.app.dll) so I need to reinstall.
    – Nelson Taingol
    Apr 11, 2019 at 5:39

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I also receive the same when opening .shp files directly and selecting qgis-bin as the program to use. But I always load QGIS via the Desktop icon. I'm not exactly sure why but my guess is that the Desktop icon simultaneously runs the following 2 files in order to load QGIS (this is the Target which you can see in the icon's properties):

"C:\Program Files\QGIS Valmiera\bin\nircmd.exe" exec hide C:\PROGRA~1\QGISVA~1\bin\qgis.bat

My advice is to load QGIS via the Desktop icon (usually has a name like "QGIS Desktop 2.4.0") and then drag/drop your shapefile that way.

Edit:

As Steve has already found out, it's possible to drag your shapefile to the "qgis.bat" file which will load QGIS and the shapefile itself.

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  • Joseph, this works here! I've now also re-mapped .shp files directly to the qgis.bat so that I can click them directly.
    – sba222
    Oct 30, 2014 at 12:23
  • Brilliant! You just taught me something also :)
    – Joseph
    Oct 30, 2014 at 12:27
  • Mapping the shapefile to QGIS is awesome.
    – Branco
    Oct 30, 2014 at 12:38
  • @Branco, certainly is buddy! Only been 9 months since I first started using GIS software of any kind (I chose QGIS) and still there's masses of things for me to learn :)
    – Joseph
    Oct 30, 2014 at 12:41
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I had this issue recently. None of the answers here worked to me.

When I use QGIS 2.4, I usually work with my laptop plugged in a bigger lcd monitor. Then, I project everything in the second monitor using a hdmi adapater. So, when I turned off the second monitor, QGIS started to show the message 'qgis_core.dll missing'.

To fix, I pressed the key 'Fn + F1' (Dell laptop) and choose the first option to project images only to the first monitor. Than, the QGIS worked again.

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