Riched32.dll file

[Ed]

"Warning: A required Windows system file is missing
(Riched32.dll)"
I get this error now when I open any of the Adobe products
I have. I have recopied the file from an intact Windows
200 Pro computer and copied it to my System32 folder with
no relief. I've also tried reinstalling SP4 to no avail.
MS suggests not removing and reinstalling WordPad but I'm
wondering if that would solve this.
Any suggestions?
TIA

 

[Bacchas]

Try using windows explorer to navigate to the C:\win32\dllcache
directory and see if Riched32.dll is there. If it is, copy it to the
C:\win32 dir and restart your computer and see if that solves your problem.

~B~

 

[George Hester]

This file riched32.dll should be in C:\WINNT\system32 and NOWHERE else other than storage in ServicePackeFiles folder and or your dllcache.

This file can also be a pain in the butt. The reason being that later versions get more security conscious and therefore less functional. It is what gives the RichEdit functionality in VB applications. I suppose Adobe wants to use it too.

To install this (I'd get a better version then what comes in the Windows 2000 Service packs I use an old December 12 1999 version - don't try this it requires more info than I am giving here to work) you put it in C:\WINNT\system32 and then Start | Run | regsvr32 richedt32.dll | OK | OK

And make sure you also have riched20.dll in the same locaition and registered in the same way above.

 

[Ed]

Awesome, George & Bacchas! It worked! No more error
message.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Ed

-----Original Message-----
This file riched32.dll should be in C:\WINNT\system32 and

NOWHERE else other than storage in ServicePackeFiles
folder and or your dllcache.

This file can also be a pain in the butt. The reason

being that later versions get more security conscious and
therefore less functional. It is what gives the RichEdit
functionality in VB applications. I suppose Adobe wants
to use it too.

To install this (I'd get a better version then what comes

in the Windows 2000 Service packs I use an old December 12
1999 version - don't try this it requires more info than I
am giving here to work) you put it in C:\WINNT\system32
and then Start | Run | regsvr32 richedt32.dll | OK | OK

And make sure you also have riched20.dll in the same

locaition and registered in the same way above.