Re: ddraw.dll is missing

The DLLCache folder is a hidden folder. You may need to go into Folder Options and change the settings to view hidden files and folders and to show "system" folders. Additionally, if your operating system was pre-installed, it may be in C:\Winnt\System32\dllcache, instead of C:\Windows\System32\dllcache.

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"Millicent" <Millicent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:F2F25B10-BB5C-4F41-A6DA-7EABC496585B@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Thanks for your response. The suggested action resulted in an error message
"The system cannot find the file specified". A search for dllcache is
negative. Please advise what to do now.
Best Regards
Milly


"Doug Knox - [MS-MVP]" wrote:

Open a Command Prompt Window and enter

COPY C:\Windows\System32\dllcache\ddraw.dll C:\Windows\System32

This will copy the backup copy from the DLLCache folder.
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Display\Security
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"Millicent" <Millicent@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:F2208EE1-6F94-4307-80F3-19A5EF0DC94E@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I get an error message that ddraw.dll is missing. Running dxdiag gives
>error
> 0x80004005 but the info box loads. It shows ddraw.dll missing. I
> downloaded
> and installed directx9.19.1007 but ddraw.dll is still missing.
> What can I do? The above took me several hours as I am not technical!
> -- > Best Regards
> Milly


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