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| How can I retrieve core Windows files that I've deleted? |
| Although you can manually copy the files from the Windows |
| installation media, you're probably better off using the System File |
| Checker utility that ships with Windows 2000 and later. If you've |
| changed your configuration since you installed Windows and your |
| installation media is now available at another location, you'll need |
| to perform the following steps before you run System File Checker: |
| 1. Start a registry editor (e.g., regedit.exe). |
| 2. Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows |
| NT\CurrentVersion registry subkey. |
| 3. Change the Sourcepath value to point to the installation media's |
| new location (e.g., D:\i386). |
| 4. Navigate to the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows |
| NT\CurrentVersion\Setup registry subkey. |
| 5. If the Sourcepath value is listed, change the value here also to |
| point to the installation media's new location. |
| To use System File Checker, perform the following steps: |
| 1. Insert the Windows CD-ROM installation media. |
| 2. From the Start menu, select Run. |
| to start the System File Checker process and check all core files. The |
| utility will replace any missing core files and make sure all the |
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