Add/Remove Windows Components Destroyed My System

[Guest]

All I wanted to do was install Paint. So I checked Paint. Now -- I can't
quite believe this - everything that *wasn't * checked is gone? How would I
know what was checked and what wasn't? Why would I care? What a stupid
program. All l wanted to do was install Paint. Now I don't have Internet
Explorer or Media Player.

Further, now Add/Remove doesn't work at all. "Setup cannot find the file
fxsapi.dll" etc etc

 

[Shenan Stanley]

All I wanted to do was install Paint. So I checked Paint. Now --
I can't quite believe this - everything that *wasn't * checked is
gone? How would I know what was checked and what wasn't? Why
would I care? What a stupid program. All l wanted to do was
install Paint. Now I don't have Internet Explorer or Media Player.

Further, now Add/Remove doesn't work at all. "Setup cannot find
the file fxsapi.dll" etc etc

Hmmm...
As one cannot uninstall Internet Explorer (6) that easily (from Windows
XP)....
(Particularly the versions of Windows XP that would be floating around in
Georgia/USA...)

Something else has to be going on with your computer...

Anything in the event log?

 

[Elmo]

All I wanted to do was install Paint. So I checked Paint. Now -- I can't
quite believe this - everything that *wasn't * checked is gone? How would I
know what was checked and what wasn't? Why would I care? What a stupid
program. All l wanted to do was install Paint. Now I don't have Internet
Explorer or Media Player.

Further, now Add/Remove doesn't work at all. "Setup cannot find the file
fxsapi.dll" etc etc

The reply post here seems to fit your problem with Windows Component
installs:

http://groups.google.com/group/micr...a?lnk=st&q=fxsapi.dll&rnum=2#a3d6e8842a8ff41a

 

[Elmo]

Thanks. Found it, tried it, Results: no files named *.dl_ . Add/Remove
reports missing file is snmip.dl_

Open Control Panel, Folder Options, View tab, click "Show hidden files
and folders", and click to deselect "Hide protected operating system
files (Recommended)" and then look in the i386 folder again.

 

[Elmo]

Thanks. Tried it, results: fxsapi.dll and fxscfgwz.dll are both there, dated
8/4/2004.

Try using System restore to go back to a date before the problem first
occurred.

Or try a repair install of XP.

 

[Guest]

Thanks. Tried several System Restores, but the Add/Remove reports the same
file(s) are still missing. Also, it turns out I can't install Outlook
Express either What's a "repair install of XP"? I have the XP disc from
Dell.

 

[Elmo]

Thanks. Tried several System Restores, but the Add/Remove reports the same
file(s) are still missing. Also, it turns out I can't install Outlook
Express either What's a "repair install of XP"? I have the XP disc from
Dell.

When you boot from the CD, there should be an option to do a repair
install. Basically XP is reinstalled without losing the references to
the currently installed programs.

To do a repair install:
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm