comclt32.dll error during startup

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I have Comctl32.dll in two locations, & they are the same version...

(a) C:\Windows\System
(b) C:\Windows\Sysbckup

I guess, try copying one from the other...

COPY C:\Windows\Sysbckup\Comctl32.dll C:\Windows\System

Otherwise, try as I said in one of your other threads.


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"Jen2345" <Jen2345@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A3F1EC08-CB3D-4367-8ABD-433B2BF2E5C1@microsoft.com...
| Please help!!!
| I was receiving "this program has performed illegal operation" errors
and
| could not run any internet applications. I attempted to use the steps
listed
| in Article ID : 298343 to repair the comctl32.dll file but it seems
the file
| was removed but then was not extracted (was given bad file name error
when I
| typed Ext). I have attempted to reinstall Windows from the CD-ROM but
when
| it completes the install and attempts to start windows for the first
time I
| am getting the same error message that the comctl32.dll file is
missing and
| explorer.exe cannot start and I must reinstall windows(which is what I
am
| attempting to do). I also was unable to run setup for an already
installed
| system as it was prompting me(pressing F8 on startup did nothing- it
said to
| press F8 then choose command prompt only then type DOSSTART but F8 did
not
| take me to the startup screen, it just continued to load windows or
bring up
| the dell screen for a stuck key).
|
| Any help is appreciated. It's been a long week without my system.
|
| Jennifer

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If you followed the instructions in KB298343, you renamed the file with an ".old"
extension. Simply rename it back, like this:

Start the computer with the boot floppy.
At the A:\ prompt, type the following, and press Enter after each line:

c:
cd\windows\system
ren comctl32.old comctl32.dll

Then remove the floppy disk , and press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to restart.
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"Jen2345" <Jen2345@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:A3F1EC08-CB3D-4367-8ABD-433B2BF2E5C1@microsoft.com...
> Please help!!!
> I was receiving "this program has performed illegal operation" errors and
> could not run any internet applications. I attempted to use the steps listed
> in Article ID : 298343 to repair the comctl32.dll file but it seems the file
> was removed but then was not extracted (was given bad file name error when I
> typed Ext). I have attempted to reinstall Windows from the CD-ROM but when
> it completes the install and attempts to start windows for the first time I
> am getting the same error message that the comctl32.dll file is missing and
> explorer.exe cannot start and I must reinstall windows(which is what I am
> attempting to do). I also was unable to run setup for an already installed
> system as it was prompting me(pressing F8 on startup did nothing- it said to
> press F8 then choose command prompt only then type DOSSTART but F8 did not
> take me to the startup screen, it just continued to load windows or bring up
> the dell screen for a stuck key).
>
> Any help is appreciated. It's been a long week without my system.
>
> Jennifer