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by txangelface

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I got a virus a few months ago and it must have messed my Windows up. My problem is I cannot get into my control panel, When I try it tells me that it cannot find the file windows rundll32.exe file. I want to reinstall my windows but I am not real computer literate so dont know how to do it without going into the control panel or if it is possible. PLEASE HELP!!! Im in a mess!!

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by dklippert

Try :

Start>Run SFC

To extract a new rundll32.
You might also look in:

c:\windows\options\cabs

To run an applet without the control panel try:

control appwiz.cpl

by still_learning

First a few question, were you able to clean the virus off your system? If so, did your antivirus software identify what virus you were infected with? It is possible that only the rundll32.exe file is damaged and just needs to be reinstalled and can be extracted from the Windows installation CDRom. In any event, backup any user data files on your harddisk drive first before you attempt anything. Windows can be reinstalled over the existing installation, but you may have to reinstall some ofthe applications afterward. Not a problem, just a nusance. Hope that this helps. Good luck - Steve.

by kennethaj

The most recent virus that I can think of that modified the rundll32.exe file is SIRCAM. SIRCAM copies the real file to "c:\windows\run32.exe" Try doing the following if you are running windows 95/98:
Assuming windows is installed in c:\windows, at the command prompt-

c:\attrib -h -s -r c:\windows\run32.exe
c:\attrib -h -s -r c:\windows\rundll32.exe
c:\move c:\windows\run32.exe c:\rundll32.exe

then modify the windows paths to include c:\windows.

I don't know if it will work, but it's worth a shot.

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