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My system is Windows 7, 64-bit. Recently I tried to install some Weather Channel desktop app on my wife's user account. The installer said I was missing two .dll files.
I ran a system scan and it didn't indicate any problems.
My question is, are those .dll files missing because of some corrupion or error, or should .dll's always be provided in the app "package"?
Lil' Smokey
Posted 2011-07-25T21:45:00.317
Reputation: 517
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The .NET Framework 3.5 is included with Windows 7.
If you in fact downloaded whatever missing files were given to you in the error message, this will either:
1) Work fine after you register them like such:
Press Meta+R (Windows key + R) to bring up the run dialog box, type in "regsvr32 c:\whereveryouputthedllfiles"
or
2) Fail because they are the wrong versions of the file.
David Chen
Posted 2011-07-25T21:45:00.317
Reputation: 454
Strangely enough, it the install went through just fine. The app is crap so I deleted it. – Lil' Smokey – 2011-08-05T22:21:09.153
lol, good to know... – David Chen – 2011-08-06T04:55:14.300
Which DLL's did it say it was missing? Could be expecting .NET framework (or a specific version), or perhaps C++ or VB run-times, etc. – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2011-07-25T21:48:00.127
I'll have to take a look tonight. I actually dl'd them and copied them to the system folder. – Lil' Smokey – 2011-07-26T15:10:36.137
1If you just downloaded and copied them into place, then you may still have to register them with the system using
regsvr32or alike. – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2011-07-26T15:13:27.513Sure, but does the fact that they were missing indicate a lack of integrity in the system? – Lil' Smokey – 2011-08-05T22:21:51.150
You haven't told us which DLL's, nor cleared up how you replaced them, so it's hard to make any kind of guesses. If it was one of the common runtime/framework packages from MS, and you successfully installed it via normal methods, you should be fine. :) – Ƭᴇcʜιᴇ007 – 2011-08-05T23:17:47.810