re: missing file
Tuesday, September 6, 2005 at 4:27 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Shawn N
(2 messages posted)
Problem cleared up when the program "secretmaker" was reinstalled.
On Wednesday, August 10, 2005 at 3:59 am, Shawn N wrote:
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>I having messing around with my computer trying to rid it of malware and/or virus
>and now I am stuck with a lousy startup screen, which needs a return key strike
to
>open windows 98. The script on the lousy startup screen is:
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>“Cannot find a device file that may be needed to run windows or a windows application.
>The Windows registry or SYSTEM.INI file refers to this device file, but the device
>file no longer exists. If you deleted this file on purpose, try uninstalling the
>associated application using its uninstall or setup program.
>If you still want to use the application associated with this device file, try reinstalling
>that application to replace the missing file.
>smtcpmon.vxd.
>Press a key to continue.”
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>I have tried various solutions offered on the net with no success. I tried to use
>System File Checker method to try to extract the missing file from the Windows 98
>CD-Rom. However, the file “smtcpmon.vxd” could not be found. In fact this file could
>not be found anywhere on surfing the net.
>
>Associated with this problem is the disabling of the shortcut icon for Canon ZoomBrowser
>because its target entry line is blank out. Repeated reinstallation of the canon
>digital camera solution disk failed at the point of installation for ZoomBrowser
>EX. Luckily I could launch the ZoomBrowser by creating another shortcut, which is
>only represented by a plain icon.
>
>I would really appreciate help and advice.
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