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REPLACING CORRUPTED SYSTEM FILES IN WINDOWS 98
Unfortunately, it is fairly common for Windows
users to experience this problem: upon installing a new
program on your computer, things stop working right
because the installation replaced a file (usually ending
in the file extension .DLL) on your system with an older
or incorrect version. This is where the new System File
Checker tool under Windows 98 comes in very handy. To use
it, do the following: click the Start button, select
Programs, then Accessories, then System Tools, and
finally System Information. Under the Tools menu for this
program, you will find an option for running the System
File Checker. Or there is a quicker way to get to the
System File Checker: simply click on the Start button,
type SFC in the Run dialog box off the Start Menu, and
click OK.
If an incorrect version is found, you can direct the
program to get a new copy of the file from your Windows
98 CD, or from the directory on your hard drive (usually
\Windows\Options\Cabs) where a copy of the CD files was
stored during installation of Windows 98. You click on
"Extract one file from installation disk",
specify the file name you want the utility to search for,
the source to restore from (e.g., D:\WIN98 if drive D: is
your CD-ROM), and also specify the destination of the
file ("Save File In"), which is usually
C:\Windows\System.
