no windows setup items

Is there a way of getting the windows setup items back. I checked the add\remove windows setup tab and there are no items listed at all. I also get an error message stating "rundll32 has caused an error in setupx.dll. rundll32 will now close".
Is there a way of getting back the windows setup listing back.
Thanks,

Your setupx.dll error is usually the result of your having deleted some
empty folders in Program Files that were placed there when Win Me was
installed that are used for optional components of Win Me and then using a
registry cleaner such as EasyCleaner which removed some necessary entries
required for Add/Remove Programs | Windows Setup to function because the
target folders were no longer present. You can avoid this happening in future
by not deleting such folders and similarly not deleting any values in the key
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Set up\VarLDID

I would have attached a zip file containing a reg file containing all of the
required entries to my reply but since you are using the web interface to
these newsgroups rather than a proper newsreader you would never see the
attachment. If you get to see this reply and want me to send you the repair
patch please e-mail me at .
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



fcc0610 wrote:

Is there a way of getting the windows setup items back. I checked the
add\remove windows setup tab and there are no items listed at all. I

also get an error message stating "rundll32 has caused an error in
setupx.dll. rundll32 will now close". Is there a way of getting back the
windows setup listing back. Thanks,

Thank you very much, Mike .
Due to your expertise, the problem is solved.
After the extraction and merge procedure from the Varldid file,
all I had to do was to reboot, an viola! All the items in the startup are safe and sound.
Thanks once again!

Thanks very much for the feedback. I'm glad to read you've now managed to
solve your problems.

Regards,
--
Mike M


fcc0610 wrote:

Thank you very much, Mike .
Due to your expertise, the problem is solved.
After the extraction and merge procedure from the Varldid file,
all I had to do was to reboot, an viola! All the items in the startup are

safe and sound. Thanks once again!