can't do anything in control panel

I keep getting the same message every time I try to open
any control panel option. It says "C:\windows\rundll30.exe
file missing (or components of) please make sure all items
are running" or somthing like that. I ran a search for the
file and it is not on my computer. Does anyone know how I
could get it back on?

"Something like that" won't cut it, I'm afraid. Post the complete, verbatim
error message.
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I keep getting the same message every time I try to open
any control panel option. It says "C:\windows\rundll30.exe
file missing (or components of) please make sure all items
are running" or somthing like that. I ran a search for the
file and it is not on my computer. Does anyone know how I
could get it back on?

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I keep getting the same message every time I try to open
any control panel option. It says "C:\windows\rundll30.exe
file missing (or components of) please make sure all items
are running" or somthing like that. I ran a search for the
file and it is not on my computer. Does anyone know how I
could get it back on?

There is no such *valid* file as rundll30.exe
Sounds like a virus.... or something like that. :-)

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Possibly due to a virus or spyware. Does it happen in Safe Mode as well?

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I keep getting the same message every time I try to open
any control panel option. It says "C:\windows\rundll30.exe
file missing (or components of) please make sure all items
are running" or somthing like that. I ran a search for the
file and it is not on my computer. Does anyone know how I
could get it back on?

Try extracting a fresh copy of "RUNDLL32.EXE" from your
Windows 98 CD to the "c:\windows" folder.

Ben

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I keep getting the same message every time I try to open=20
any control panel option. It says "C:\windows\rundll30.exe=20
file missing (or components of) please make sure all items=20
are running" or somthing like that. I ran a search for the=20
file and it is not on my computer. Does anyone know how I=20
could get it back on?

Do you mean RUNDLL32.EXE? Then...

(A) Extract RUNDLL32.EXE, if "access denied" is mentioned...

RUNDLL32.EXE
Desc: Run a DLL as an App
Loc: C:\WINDOWS
Size: 24,576 bytes
Mod: Friday, April 23, 1999 10:22:00 PM
Ver: 4.10.1998

That is old enough (Win98SE) never to have been modified by an update.
So, extract it with SFC.

(1) "START, Run, SFC"
(2) Bolt "Extract one file from installation disk"
(3) Enter "RUNDLL32.EXE" in the "Specify..." box.
(4) Click "Start". It should offer to "Save file in C:\WINDOWS".
If not, make it so.
(5) In "Restore from", if not already pre-filled, browse to
(a) Installation CD (likely the Win98 folder) or
(b) The folder that has your cabs on the hard drive, likely
"C:\WINDOWS\options\cabs\".
(5) Click "OK"

If it discovers the file already exists, it will offer to back it up.
May as well do so. If it discovers the file is "in use", it will request
that you reboot to complete the install.

(B)
http://search.support.microsoft.com/...SD=GN&LN=EN-US
Search: "Control Panel"; Title only; Exact match; finds many,
including...

http://support.microsoft.com/default...23&Product=w98
How to Troubleshoot Control Panel Issues in Windows
(299923) - When you attempt to open Control Panel (click Start , point
to Settings , and then click Control Panel ), it does not open as you
expect. One or more of the following may occur: You receive an error
message similar to the following: Program has...

http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;192806
How to Run Control Panel Tools by Typing a Command
(192806) - This article describes how to run Control Panel tools in
Windows by typing a command at a command prompt or in the Open box.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...48&Product=w98
Description of Control Panel (.cpl) Files


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Thanks or Good Luck,
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should things get worse after this,
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| I keep getting the same message every time I try to open
| any control panel option. It says "C:\windows\rundll30.exe
| file missing (or components of) please make sure all items
| are running" or somthing like that. I ran a search for the
| file and it is not on my computer. Does anyone know how I
| could get it back on?