re: dll problema
Friday, April 13, 2007 at 11:18 pm
Windows Me Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ed
(741 messages posted)
Firstly, reinstalling Windows -
You do not need a WinME installation CD. Win ME can be reinstalled from your hard
disk without an installation CD. Here is Jack Gulley's solution to your problem:
"You have to be able to boot the system with either Windows or some version of DOS
that supports the 32bit FAT and Long File Names. MS DOS 6.22 and below will not do.
If you can boot the system into Safe mode, you can start the SETUP program in the
C:\Windows\Options\Install folder (sometimes it's in the C:\Windows\Options\CABS
folder).
If you can't get to Safe Mode, then you need a Windows 98/ME boot or startup diskette.
You can make one on any running Windows ME system. Go to Control Panel, Add/Remove
Programs, Startup disk tab. Alternatively, you can use the www.bootdisk.com web site
to download a diskette image and a utility to make a boot diskette. From the boot
diskette's A:\ prompt, run C:\Windows\Options\Install\SETUP (or, alternatively, run
C:\Windows\Options\Cabs\SETUP).
In both cases, have your system's Product Key to hand."
See : http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/winme/1081893868
Your product key (serial number) is located on the General tab at:
Start > Settings > Control Panel > System
Reinstalling Windows ME normally only overwrites your Windows folder (which is usually
located at C:\Windows) and its sub-folders, not your whole disk; but it is nevertheless
prudent to back up all your files before doing such a reinstall.
It is also prudent to boot to DOS and rename the C:\WINDOWS folder as C:\WINOLD before
attempting the reinstall, so that you can restore your current Windows installation
if anything goes wrong with the reinstall.
You will want to keep certain folders, such as C:\WINDOWS\FAVORITES and C:\WINDOWS\DESKTOP,
in any event; so make a copy of them on another disk.
Secondly, replacing corrupt DLL files
You do not need a Win ME installation CD in order to replace corrupt Windows .dll
files.
Backup copies of the Windows .dll files can be found on your hard disk, in zipped
(compressed) files with the extension .CAB (known as Cabinet files) in the folder
C:\Windows\Options\Cabs and you can unzip those files using many (third party) freeware
or shareware unzip programs, and then copy the .dll file in question to C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM
From the error message you've reported, it looks like the file NTDLL.DLL in the folder
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM is the one that has been corrupted, so try replacing it with a
backup copy from the C:\Windows\Options\Cabs folder, where it's contained in the
compressed file WIN_14.CAB
Ed
On Friday, April 13, 2007 at 11:59 am, alaska p wrote:
>hi,
>
>this is the error i receive after winme graphic page shows up. then system locks
>up.
>
>"error loading explorer.exe. you must reinstall windows. linked to missing export
>NTDLL.DLL:RtlGetNVersionNumbers."
>
>i don't want to reinstall, anyway, i don't have a startup disk nor WinMe OS cd.
i
>want to save my harddrive contents, so basically, reinstalling is not an option.
>
>most forums tell me to get a startup disk and extract corrupt dll file, etc. etc.
>but i am in need of a startup disk. i can't find one online anywhere.
>
>i heard that softmau POWERSUITE might work. does anybody having feedback to my query
>or the software product?
>
>please advise.
>
>soj
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