Repair .dll files?

[Deano]

Here's a weird one: several games use the same .dll file.
(binkw32.dll) Each game has its own version of the file as well as the
one in the SYSTEM32 directory in Windows (XP). If I get an error
message regarding that file, which one do I replace? Do I assume the
game uses on onboard one or the one in the game file? And newer
versions of the file seem to be smaller. Is there a way to "repair" ALL
of the ones on the system?? ;-Deano

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

binkw32.dll isn't a Windows file, so if you are having problems it may be
that you will have to reinstall the problematic game. See if the following
helps:

http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?q=binkw32.dll

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[Will Denny]

You could also try typing the following from Start>Run, although I don't
know if binkw32.dll is a self registering file:

regsvr32 binkw32.dll

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[Don MI]

Here's a weird one: several games use the same .dll file. (binkw32.dll)
Each game has its own version of the file as well as the one in the
SYSTEM32 directory in Windows (XP). If I get an error message regarding
that file, which one do I replace? Do I assume the game uses on onboard
one or the one in the game file? And newer versions of the file seem to
be smaller. Is there a way to "repair" ALL of the ones on the system??
;-Deano

The binkw32.dll in System32 is likely from the last of the two games you
installed.

Try the following:

Delete binkw32.dll in the System32 folder.
If not already there, place a copy of binkw32.dll from each game in the
folder in which the game is installed.

If the games work, stop. If not:

Right click on the shortcut for each game and click on Properties. In
the Shortcut tab, enter the path to the game folder in the Start in box.

If my memory is working today, the above should force each game to use the
version of binkw32.dll that the game needs.

Don

 

[Alex Nichol]

Here's a weird one: several games use the same .dll file.
(binkw32.dll) Each game has its own version of the file as well as the
one in the SYSTEM32 directory in Windows (XP). If I get an error
message regarding that file, which one do I replace? Do I assume the
game uses on onboard one or the one in the game file?

A program will use in the first instance the one that is in its own
folder; then the one in system32. This allows programs to have custom
versions.

BUT there is a possibility that if you have run one game, and exit, the
version it was using may be retained in memory, and be picked up if you
run a different one. So check by logging out and back in between and
see if it makes a difference