error Windows cannot find 'Rundll32.exe'

[JOHNGALT99]

I am working on fixing a laptop for work (windows xp home operating system). It had a bunch of viruses on it which I cleaned out.

What happend before i cleaned it when the viruses where there was if i tryed to open add remove applications nothing would happen as well as with some other programs.

Now when i go to open it i get error Windows cannot find 'Rundll32.exe'

I beleive the virus was W32.Protoride.Worm that was in a file called msupdate.exe

Anyone know how to fix this? I tryed downloading a rundll32.exe and replace the old one in the win32 folder and this did not work

 

[redbeard1]

More than likely it is being referenced from your registry. You could run msconfig from the start>run line and see if there is a line under the start up tab looking for this file. You could then uncheck it and see if the error is gone.

 

[JOHNGALT99]

with what you are saying redbeard wouldnt i just get that error every time on start up?

I am getting it only when trying to do certain things like open add remove applications or system information

 

[Psych]

Try using System File Checker. Get your installation CD and go to the run box and type: sfc /scannow.