Extract a New Copy of the User32.dll File from the Windows XP CD
Extract a new copy of the User32.dll file from the Windows XP CD to the drive:\Windows\System32 folder on your hard disk, where drive is the drive on which Windows is installed:
1.. Insert a Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition (Me) or Microsoft Windows 98 Startup disk into your computer, and then restart the computer.
NOTE: For additional information about what to do if you do not have a Windows Millennium Edition or Windows 98 Startup disk, click the following article numbers to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
186300 How to Create a Windows 98 Startup Disk from MS-DOS
267287 How to Create a Startup Disk in Windows Me
2.. When the Windows Startup menu appears, use the ARROW keys to select Start Computer with CD-ROM Support, and then press ENTER.
3.. Make a note of the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive.
4.. Rename the User32.dll file to User32.old. To do so, type the following lines at the command prompt, pressing ENTER after each line, where Drive is the drive on which Windows is installed:
Drive:
cd windows\system32
ren user32.dll user32.old
5.. Insert the Windows XP CD into your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive.
6.. Extract a new copy of the User32.dll file from the Windows XP CD to the Windows\System32 folder on your hard disk. To do so, type the following lines at a command prompt, pressing ENTER after each line, where CDROMDrive is the drive letter of the CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive that contains the Windows XP CD-ROM, and Drive is the drive on which Windows is installed:
a:
extract CDROMDrive:\i386\user32.dl_ Drive:\windows\system32\user32.dll
For example, if your CD-ROM is drive E and Windows is installed on drive C, type extract e:\i386\user32.dl_ c:\windows\system32\user32.dll, and then press ENTER.
7.. Remove the Windows 98 or Windows Millennium Edition startup disk from your computer, and then restart the computer.
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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
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| I tried your recommendation but the result is the same. An error appears telling me that it has to copy the file user32.dll and that it can't find it.
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| When I do search for the file it is there, but the file name is blue, so I can't copy it or move it to another location. Why does this happen? Is there a solution to this problem?
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| Thanks again for all the advice.
