Re: Another Quickie ?

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"ManyBeers" <markzuffi@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:%23bi4CXfBJHA.4172@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
John John (MVP) wrote:
Running sfc/purgecache or sfc /scanonce will rebuild the dllcache. If you have your sp3 i386 folder on your hard drive just change the SourcePath location in the registry:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup

Example:

If the I386 directory is at C:\I386, the SourcePath value would be C:\.

John

ManyBeers wrote:

Without going into the how or why-I have managed to lose most of My C:\windows\system32\dllcache. It was app. 500megs in size and is now about 50 megs.

Could i just copy a friends dllcache from his Gateway computer and and restore it to my Sony? Both are laptops My laptop is WindowsXP SP3 his is probably SP1 maybe 2. Definitely not SP3.

Do i need to create a new key? Current contents of key:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Setup
BootDir
CDInstall
DriverCachePath
Installation Sources
LogLevel
PrivateHash
ServicePackCachePath
ServicePackSourcePath
Incidentally i have 2 i386 folders. One is at C:\Windows\i386
and the other D:\From Windows\ServicePackFiles\i386 (moved by me and location change

is noted in the same registry key

as above)
Thanks.
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Moving these system files around willy nilly has got you into this trouble and if you keep it up, you will eventually screw your system to where Windows won't know how or where to find anything. Just leave things as they are now is my advice. You are going to mix old versions of dlls with new versions and voila...big bad crash...coming your way...guaranteed.

Doug W.
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