Missing Windows XP Home File

[Neville]

My computer is advising me that I am missing
the "shell.dll" file. Without it a couple of my programs
will not run. On the Windows XP Home Edition CD there is
a 'SHELL.DL_' but I can't convert it.

Can someone tell me how I can copy this file from
somewhere to my computer. I really don't want to do a
reinstall.

My email address is '(e-mail address removed)' and thank you
for your help!!

 

[Guest]

the underscore probably means it's compressed. I don't know how to extract it, though. (shell.dll is still around? isn't it shell32.dll?)

 

[Guest]

Some one in a semi-related thread has given me an answer

the terminal/dos command is Expand

http://communities2.microsoft.com/c...eral&mid=d76c9010-0daa-44c3-aef7-dcb8464c3f8b

 

[Alex Nichol]

My computer is advising me that I am missing
the "shell.dll" file. Without it a couple of my programs
will not run. On the Windows XP Home Edition CD there is
a 'SHELL.DL_' but I can't convert it.

Can someone tell me how I can copy this file from
somewhere to my computer. I really don't want to do a
reinstall.

Set the BIOS to boot CD before Hard Disk. Boot the XP CD and, instead
of Setup, take the immediate R for Repair. Assume any password
requested is blank, and TAB over.

In that, if your CD letter is D: for example (check with a Dir D: to
make sure) give
Expand D:\i386\shell.dl_ C:\Windows\system32\shell.dll