[pchelpers] Re: hidden files
- From: John Durham <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 02 Mar 2002 17:30:57 +1300
Did you tell SFC to replace it (using your Windows CD) at the time? If
not, the problem continues until something else is used to fix it.
D Pfingsten wrote:
>
> I ran SFC and one file was questioned. It was setupx.dll which I found
> was located at C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.
> I reinstalled Windows 98 without uninstalling the first. Later when I
> ran SFC I got the same message that setupx.dll was possibly corrupted
> so I figured that file did not get "fixed" by that method.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Tonia
> To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 9:53 PM
> Subject: [pchelpers] Re: hidden files
>
> Hi Re-Na
>
> Like Don said, you can re-install Win98SE or whichever OS you're
> using over your present one. You will not lose anything. Windows will
> only replace whatever necessary files that are missing and overwrite
> the corrupted files. In the process it will ask you if you want to
> keep certain files which are newer than the ones on the CD. Just say
> yes to keep the newer versions. You may want to back up all your data
> on CD and delete them from your harddrive to free up some space.
>
> After the re-install, go to MS website for the latest updates and
> then do a scan disk and defrag. That should give you a healthier
> machine to work with. I have done that numerous times with Win98SE,
> Win2000 and WinNT 4.0 and have not lost any settings or data at all.
> But backing up before doing it will give you peace of mind. Like
> everything one does, things can go wrong. For instanct something as
> simple as a tooth extraction can get someone killed, though rare, can
> happen, so back up even though it's perfectly safe to re-install your
> OS over the old one.
>
> Don't be a coward. Go ahead and do as Don B advised. <g>
>
>
> Tonia
>
>
> "G.R. Hanson" <grhanson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks for the url's, I'll check them out.
> Well, if you run scan disk, you know that it does not tell you WHAT
> the hidden files
> are, just how many you have. So I can't answer your questions.
>
> Ohhhhhh, you mean, the ones in windows explorer that I've been
> deleting. Well, they
> are long gone now, but I'm sure I'll have to do it again, so if I
> have questions
> about certain ones, I'll ask first next time.
>
> The pc is still locking up on me really bad, so something must not
> be right.
>
> G.R. Hanson
> Arkansas USA
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Peter
>
> To:
>
> Sent: Thursday, February 28, 2002 9:34 AM
> Subject: [pchelpers] Re: hidden files
>
> It all depends what files they are. Can you rattle off some of the
> files
> that come up?
>
> Files safe to delete:
> http://members.aol.com/jemtecuk/dellist.htm
>
> http://www.pcworld.com/hereshow/article/0,aid,47369,00.asp
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~
> Peter
>
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