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Error Message etc.

Feb 22, 2004 11:47AM PST

I am now getting a message that I am missing a .dll file, I know where to download the missing file from, but I'm not sure where to download it to, because I can't read the error message it reads C:/progr~, what does ~ mean ??? Also the sound is completely gone from my pc, last but not least I tried to use system restore but I'm told it has been disabled when I follow the instructions to enable it, that doesn't work either.

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Give the entire information on the error message.
Feb 22, 2004 9:04PM PST

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2. When confronted with a DLL file problem, a copy of some Microsoft media may already be owned from which the file can be extracted, [Definition and Explanation of a .DLL file (Q87934)].

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Re:Error Message etc.
Feb 23, 2004 3:57AM PST

Stewart,

In addition to Cursorcowboy's good information, the error message you are seeing is a DOS "short file name" indication of the folder name.

In your example, C:\Progra~1 is the "C:\Program Files" folder. C:\Progra~1\Common~1" is the "C:\Program Files\Common Files" folder, etc.

Hope this helps.

Grif