Re: Windows Update made my PC useless - MSVCRT.DLL is there, but Windows doesn't know it.
- From: DonQ <DonQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 15 Jan 2009 22:08:51 -0600
On Thu, 15 Jan 2009 18:59:10 -0800 (PST), ubiquital@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
This is bizarre.
Ok it is not highly likely that WU did this, but I was fine before the
last "push" of patches.
I installed them today, rebooted... And now I get this error message
when starting almost any program:
"This application has failed to start because msvcrt.dll was not
found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem"
The file IS there, in windows\system32 and dllcache. It is version
7.0.37i90.3959. I thought maybe an application install replaced it
with a non-official copy. So, after replacing it and the one in
dllcache, by using a recovery console (because the file is locked by
apparently some process(s))... I can't even get to the login screen.
So I'm perpelxed as I have almost all real applications preventing me
from running... And the only hint is this one file, that is in
place... And apparently is in use by some processes as I cannot
delete it.
I'd greatly appreciate an idea or two. I really don't want to re-
install my OS.
Ever hear of "System Restore"???
Don
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