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Reinstalling HyperTerminal on Windows XP

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by bizintelligence

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Reinstalling HyperTerminal on Windows XP

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Steps to install hyperTerminal:
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1. Click on > START >
2. Click on RUN
3. Copy the Following Line :
RUNDLL32 ADVPACK.DLL,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\communic.inf,Hypertrm

4. Click OK.

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Steps to Uninstall HyperTerminal:
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1. Click on START
2. Click on RUN
3. Copy the Following Line :
RUNDLL32 ADVPACK.DLL,LaunchINFSection %windir%\INF\communic.inf,HypertrmUninstall

4. Click OK.

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by paul1stol2

Hi,
The following is for a WinXP service pack 3 system:
HyperTerminal was malfunctioning due to an unsuccessful previous operation. (Installing and removing of a non Microsoft HyperTerminal program)
Following the recommended procedures the malfunctioning persists, i.e. 1. No Help menu in the reinstalled Microsoft HyperTerminal. 2. Clicking on a .ht file creates the message "Could not read session file:?."
I hope that it will be possible to find a fix to these issues.
Thanks

by seanferd

On a CD or on the HDD? If not, re-installing Windows components will fail.

If the .ht files were created with a different version of HT, they may possibly be incompatible as well (although I don't recall seeing this between the Windows and PE versions before).

You may have other problems with Windows in general. Try running the command
sfc /scannow. You may also want to use a decent malware scanner like MBAM.

If you cannot get it to work under any circumstances, use a different terminal program or do a repair install of Windows.

http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/

by paul1stol2

The "sfc/scannow" did not work for me since it reported I "have inserted the wrong CD. (i.e., a different Windows product than the version installed). My system is WinXP SP-3

On the other hand I have the well working "Windows installation files" on another WinXp computer. Copying them to the malfunctioning system fixed the lack of help menu files.

Thanks for your advice.

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