Startup Errors

I have a Win98SE computer that gives me the following
error on startup:

"Cannot find a device file that may be needed to run
Windows or a Windows application. The Windows system
registry or SYSTEM.INI file refers to this device file,
but the device file no longer exists. If you delete this
file on purpose, try uninstalling the associated
application using its uninstall or setup program. If you
want to use the application associated with this device
file, try reinstalling that application to replace the
missing file.
dfx.vxd
Press any key to continue."

Then on login it gives me these 2 errors:

"Cannot find the file 'vshldwin.exe' (or one of its
components). Make sure the path and file name are correct
and that all required libraries are available."

"Could not load or run 'vshldwin.exe' specified in the
WIN.INI file. Make sure the file exists on your computer
or remove the reference to it in the WIN.INI file."

Am I correct to assume that these 3 error messages all
refer to the same problem? If so, what can I do to fix it?
I have no idea what this vshldwin.exe file refers to or
what it is used for. How do I remove the reference to it
in both the SYSTEM.INI and WIN.INI files? Thanks in
advance for any help.

"Kep" wrote in news:2ade01c4ad42
:

I have a Win98SE computer that gives me the following
error on startup:

"Cannot find a device file that may be needed to run
Windows or a Windows application. The Windows system
registry or SYSTEM.INI file refers to this device file,
but the device file no longer exists. If you delete this
file on purpose, try uninstalling the associated
application using its uninstall or setup program. If you
want to use the application associated with this device
file, try reinstalling that application to replace the
missing file.
dfx.vxd
Press any key to continue."

Then on login it gives me these 2 errors:

"Cannot find the file 'vshldwin.exe' (or one of its
components). Make sure the path and file name are correct
and that all required libraries are available."

"Could not load or run 'vshldwin.exe' specified in the
WIN.INI file. Make sure the file exists on your computer
or remove the reference to it in the WIN.INI file."

Am I correct to assume that these 3 error messages all
refer to the same problem? If so, what can I do to fix it?
I have no idea what this vshldwin.exe file refers to or
what it is used for. How do I remove the reference to it
in both the SYSTEM.INI and WIN.INI files? Thanks in
advance for any help.


dfx.vxd is a part of windows networking, I thought. Try putting it back
from CD with sfc.exe
vshldwin.exe sounds as a part of McAfee virusscanner. That should not be
related. Try reinstalling, if you have McAfee.

Maybe you didn't shutdown well and scandisk has 'repaired' them away?



You can open system.ini and win.ini with notepad (they are both in
\windows directory), and put a ; before the line in which they are
referenced.