I think I dileted my windows temp folder wile trying to install the sp demo. I think Kernel32 is in the temp folder. I tryed to get the file back out of the recycle bin but a message saying that explorer has caused an error in KERNEL32.dll. Is ther anyway of getting this file back because I cant run anything on my desktop! HELP!!!

Look grandma, reinstall windows. That'll fix it. And if it doesn't, reformat, then reinstall windows.

AC

will it erace all my programs??

Yes but its good to reformat every few months or so.

or try extracting the cab which has the kerel in it off your windows CD and copy that to the HDD where it should be. Besides wtf is kernel doing in temp it should be in system really

I don't know HOW you "accidentally" deleted a Windows temp directory, but I won't ask... .dll files are easy to find online, but you do have to worry about virus's, so scan all the files you download. Your kernel32.dll file can be found here, though I can't say what version of Windows it's for. Simply search for "kernel32.dll download" at Google.com, you'll find many places.

Better yet, your easy fix is to reinstall Windows (don't reformat, just reinstall by using the Windows CD-ROM as a startup disk.) as previously suggested.

p.s. Saturation is totally correct: what's your kernel32.dll file doing in a temp directory???? I'm questioning this thread more & more..

[This message has been edited by hossy904 (edited January 16, 2002).]

Did it say kernal32.dll was missing or was it just crashing with a kernal error? Cause a kernal error like you listed doesnt mean your missing the file. Thats why its impossible you deleted it by deleting a temp folder. Have you run scandisk recently it might help.

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