Universal Migrator says "Cannot Find DLL" when attempting a data extraction
Sometimes features in Universal Migrator do not work and an error message indicates that a DLL cannot be found.
This often indicates that your antivirus software has malfunctioned.
The following workaround will resolve the problem:
- Completely exit Universal Migrator.
- Go to the following location on your computer:
- %temp%\.net
- Completely delete any Universal Migrator folders.
- Relaunch Universal Migrator
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