My dllcache folder which was full of items all of a sudden is blank. Have
folders set to show hidden files etc. Try to "run" dllcache & it comes up
with the same empty folder. Any ideas on where all this stuff disappeared to
& how I can get them back? TIA Gimpy.

"Gimpy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> My dllcache folder which was full of items all of a sudden is blank. Have
> folders set to show hidden files etc. Try to "run" dllcache & it comes up
> with the same empty folder. Any ideas on where all this stuff disappeared
> to & how I can get them back?

Scan the system for malware and run the System Restore tool.

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"Detlev Dreyer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Gimpy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> My dllcache folder which was full of items all of a sudden is blank. Have
>> folders set to show hidden files etc. Try to "run" dllcache & it comes up
>> with the same empty folder. Any ideas on where all this stuff disappeared
>> to & how I can get them back?
>
> Scan the system for malware and run the System Restore tool.
>
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> d-d
Thanks dd but I do run about 5-6 different anti-virus/malware programs
several times a week. latest was today & I'm clean as best I can tell. My
system restore wasn't working so I turned it off & then restarted so I can't
go back more then a few days & really have no idea when all this stuff
disappeared .

"Gimpy" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>>> My dllcache folder which was full of items all of a sudden is blank. Have
>>> folders set to show hidden files etc. Try to "run" dllcache & it comes up
>>> with the same empty folder. Any ideas on where all this stuff disappeared
>>> to & how I can get them back?
>>
>> Scan the system for malware and run the System Restore tool.
>>
> Thanks dd but I do run about 5-6 different anti-virus/malware programs
> several times a week. latest was today & I'm clean as best I can tell.

Well, a strange encounter like that does not come out of the blue.

> My system restore wasn't working so I turned it off & then restarted
> so I can't go back more then a few days & really have no idea when all
> this stuff disappeared .

In this case, there is no easy way to restore that folder since its
content depends on a couple of factors (OEM version vs. Retail version,
RTM version installed first and updated with SP1/SP2 vs. WinXP SP1/SP2
installed first). A repair install might help:

"How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows XP"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315341/en-us

Note that all available system updates have to be reinstalled when done.

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"Gimpy" wrote in message news:3cRGi.10$(E-Mail Removed)...
> My dllcache folder which was full of items all of a sudden is blank.
> Have folders set to show hidden files etc. Try to "run" dllcache &
> it comes up with the same empty folder. Any ideas on where all this
> stuff disappeared to & how I can get them back? TIA Gimpy.


Could be you ran "sfc /purgecache". Could be anti-malware software
cleared it out after finding malware (and might even reset security
zone settings, flush temp dirs, etc.). Run "sfc /scannow" to refresh
dllcache with the registered versions of the protected system files.
Have your install CD ready for it to retrieve the files from there,
and run Windows Update afterwards.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/222193/en-us
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555486/en-us

You sure Explorer is configured to show hidden files (or that you used
"dir /ah" in a DOS shell)?

"VanguardLH" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> "Gimpy" wrote in message news:3cRGi.10$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> My dllcache folder which was full of items all of a sudden is blank. Have
>> folders set to show hidden files etc. Try to "run" dllcache & it comes up
>> with the same empty folder. Any ideas on where all this stuff disappeared
>> to & how I can get them back? TIA Gimpy.
>
>
> Could be you ran "sfc /purgecache". Could be anti-malware software
> cleared it out after finding malware (and might even reset security zone
> settings, flush temp dirs, etc.). Run "sfc /scannow" to refresh dllcache
> with the registered versions of the protected system files. Have your
> install CD ready for it to retrieve the files from there, and run Windows
> Update afterwards.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/222193/en-us
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555486/en-us
>
> You sure Explorer is configured to show hidden files (or that you used
> "dir /ah" in a DOS shell)?
Thanks Vanguard. running sfc/scannow & using my disk did the trick.
Sorry to be so late but was out of town for a few days. Gimpy