XP home with no RUN command

[Guest]

After a fresh install of Windows XP home edition, and perhaps after installing
Service Pack, I found there is no RUN option in the Start Menu.
Also, ( my Windows XP is spread out over 5 discs for an Acer PC. ) I maybe
accidentally deleted the i386 folder that seemed idle on C: Drive. - Which
means now I have problems detecting a USB camera, which on the error window,
asks for files from i386. I've also noticed that the Service Pack has i386
files found in the C: Drive Windows folder.
Can I install RUN separately or even repair XP Home instead of a new
installation ?
How can I recover the i386 files/folder off 5 install discs ?
Any help appreciated.

Thanks.

 

[Shenan Stanley]

After a fresh install of Windows XP home edition, and perhaps after
installing Service Pack, I found there is no RUN option in the
Start Menu.
Also, ( my Windows XP is spread out over 5 discs for an Acer PC. )
I maybe accidentally deleted the i386 folder that seemed idle on C:
Drive. - Which means now I have problems detecting a USB camera,
which on the error window, asks for files from i386. I've also
noticed that the Service Pack has i386 files found in the C: Drive
Windows folder.
Can I install RUN separately or even repair XP Home instead of a new
installation ?
How can I recover the i386 files/folder off 5 install discs ?
Any help appreciated.

Thanks.

Windows Key + R --> Does that bring up run?

Did you know you could customize your start menu to show/not show the RUN
command there?
- Right-click on the start button itself.
- Choose "Properties".
- In the "Taskbar and Start Menu properties" window that appears, click on
the 'customize' button that is not grayed out...
- In the "Customize Start Menu" window that appears, click on the "Advanced"
tab.
- Under the "Start Menu Items" title, scroll down to "Run Command" and
ensure it is checked.
- if already checked, uncheck it, click OK at the bottom, follow the
directions to get back to that area and check it and click OK to exit.
- Click OK as many times as it takes to close all the windows... Is the
"RUN" command now in the start menu?

If you used some sort of 'manufacturer restoration process' (you mentioned 5
install CDs - sounds like you did to me) then whatever they put there is
what you got. Those are not ACTUAL Windows XP installation disks... They
are part of some process that the manufacturer of the system decided to give
their users that can do a couple of things - the simplest of which is wipe
the system completely and put an image back on the machine that represents
'as shipped' state.