Load Module failure

I am running an older Apache server (1.3.26) on Windows 2000 and have a
3rd party module installed. Everything is working great then something
happens on the system and probably in that module where Apache decieds
to restart the process. The problem is that even though it was able to
load the module on startup it fails to load the module on the restart.
I have to start Apache from the command line and everything starts
working again.

In the error log I get the following:

Syntax error on line 45 of e:/ibm http server/conf/httpd.conf:
Cannot load e:/thridparty/test.dll into server: (182)

Line 45 is the LoadModule line for the test.dll.

1) Is there a way to see why Apache is restarting?
2) Is there a way to force apache to only run if all loadmodule
commands work correctly?
3) Any idea why a module would work on startup and not restart?

Thanks for any help,
Mike