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My brother is having a problem with getting some things to work on his computer. Every time he tries to go into something on the control panel, it says warning, and says that rundll32 has been lost. Can you help me on how to find or replace it?
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Anita, you should find Rundll32.exe in the Windows folder. Double click My Computer. Click on the tab that says View and choose Folder Options. In that box click on the View tab. Go down the list and check off Show all files. Now close that and go to Start, Find and choose Files and Folders, click it and a search box opens, Type in Rundll.exe in the Named box..make sure it is set to your C: drive in the Look In box and choose OK. That should find it if its on the computer. If it finds it anywhere but the Windows directory cut it and paste it in the Windows directory. If it doesn't find it run setup from your CD again.
Run SFC from \windows\system\sfc.exe and chech for currupted files,then restore rundll32.exe from installation CD.
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If a drive is a mess, sometimes files can't be found. It would probably be a wise idea to do a Defrag
start/programs/accessories/system tools /Disk Defragmenter.

That should make all disk acess faster, and it can find lost files and restore them; a ScanDisk might turn something up too. You should always defrag before attempting to re-run Setup. It's possible to mess up Windows even worse by trying to run Setup on a highly fragmented disk.

Also, remember the GIGO principle.
Garbage In, Garbage Out: If you give the computer garbage, it's what it will give you as an answer. If a computer is overloaded, files may be very hard to find. How much free space is there on that machine? RAM?

--SmartGamer

P.S. Dennis- We seem to cross paths so much! I think it's funny how we're both drawn to the same questions. I don't mind, I just think it's funny.
also, it might be an error in the registry.
reboot your system and press F8 until you get a menu...
choose DOS PROMPT, not safe mode... then type this in
SCANREG /FIX

this will fix anything wrong in the registry, it will tell you to
restart when its done, then try it.
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Thank you so much for your help! I  appreciate it.
You're quite welcome Anita. Just keep us advised of his progress!
Dennis