Guest Gimpy Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 My dllcache folder which was full of items all of a sudden is blank. Have folders set to show hidden files etc. Try to "run" dllcache & it comes up with the same empty folder. Any ideas on where all this stuff disappeared to & how I can get them back? TIA Gimpy.
Guest Detlev Dreyer Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 Re: dllcache "Gimpy" <Gimpy62@somewhere.nit> wrote: > My dllcache folder which was full of items all of a sudden is blank. Have > folders set to show hidden files etc. Try to "run" dllcache & it comes up > with the same empty folder. Any ideas on where all this stuff disappeared > to & how I can get them back? Scan the system for malware and run the System Restore tool. -- d-d
Guest Gimpy Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 Re: dllcache "Detlev Dreyer" <detdreyer@flashmail.com> wrote in message news:5c0ad24da1b0cfdb32b4dfc977442ba7@d-d.mvps.org... > "Gimpy" <Gimpy62@somewhere.nit> wrote: > >> My dllcache folder which was full of items all of a sudden is blank. Have >> folders set to show hidden files etc. Try to "run" dllcache & it comes up >> with the same empty folder. Any ideas on where all this stuff disappeared >> to & how I can get them back? > > Scan the system for malware and run the System Restore tool. > > -- > d-d Thanks dd but I do run about 5-6 different anti-virus/malware programs several times a week. latest was today & I'm clean as best I can tell. My system restore wasn't working so I turned it off & then restarted so I can't go back more then a few days & really have no idea when all this stuff disappeared .
Guest Detlev Dreyer Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 Re: dllcache "Gimpy" <Gimpy62@somewhere.nit> wrote: >>> My dllcache folder which was full of items all of a sudden is blank. Have >>> folders set to show hidden files etc. Try to "run" dllcache & it comes up >>> with the same empty folder. Any ideas on where all this stuff disappeared >>> to & how I can get them back? >> >> Scan the system for malware and run the System Restore tool. >> > Thanks dd but I do run about 5-6 different anti-virus/malware programs > several times a week. latest was today & I'm clean as best I can tell. Well, a strange encounter like that does not come out of the blue. > My system restore wasn't working so I turned it off & then restarted > so I can't go back more then a few days & really have no idea when all > this stuff disappeared . In this case, there is no easy way to restore that folder since its content depends on a couple of factors (OEM version vs. Retail version, RTM version installed first and updated with SP1/SP2 vs. WinXP SP1/SP2 installed first). A repair install might help: "How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows XP" http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315341/en-us Note that all available system updates have to be reinstalled when done. -- d-d
Guest VanguardLH Posted September 15, 2007 Posted September 15, 2007 Re: dllcache "Gimpy" wrote in message news:3cRGi.10$gd1.9@newsfe06.lga... > My dllcache folder which was full of items all of a sudden is blank. > Have folders set to show hidden files etc. Try to "run" dllcache & > it comes up with the same empty folder. Any ideas on where all this > stuff disappeared to & how I can get them back? TIA Gimpy. Could be you ran "sfc /purgecache". Could be anti-malware software cleared it out after finding malware (and might even reset security zone settings, flush temp dirs, etc.). Run "sfc /scannow" to refresh dllcache with the registered versions of the protected system files. Have your install CD ready for it to retrieve the files from there, and run Windows Update afterwards. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/222193/en-us http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555486/en-us You sure Explorer is configured to show hidden files (or that you used "dir /ah" in a DOS shell)?
Guest Gimpy Posted September 20, 2007 Posted September 20, 2007 Re: dllcache "VanguardLH" <VanguardLH@mail.invalid> wrote in message news:uyyYQO99HHA.5948@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > "Gimpy" wrote in message news:3cRGi.10$gd1.9@newsfe06.lga... >> My dllcache folder which was full of items all of a sudden is blank. Have >> folders set to show hidden files etc. Try to "run" dllcache & it comes up >> with the same empty folder. Any ideas on where all this stuff disappeared >> to & how I can get them back? TIA Gimpy. > > > Could be you ran "sfc /purgecache". Could be anti-malware software > cleared it out after finding malware (and might even reset security zone > settings, flush temp dirs, etc.). Run "sfc /scannow" to refresh dllcache > with the registered versions of the protected system files. Have your > install CD ready for it to retrieve the files from there, and run Windows > Update afterwards. > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/222193/en-us > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/555486/en-us > > You sure Explorer is configured to show hidden files (or that you used > "dir /ah" in a DOS shell)? Thanks Vanguard. running sfc/scannow & using my disk did the trick. Sorry to be so late but was out of town for a few days. Gimpy
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