Topic: Win ME - REGENV32.EXE

[Clive]

I suspect that Rodders will have seen that one Michelle.  I don't think it actually got to the bottom of the problem.  It's very strange isn't it?   :'(

[Michelle]

Well there's all this stuff at the bottom saying "this is the fix", but it doesn't make much sense to me.    >  

[Clive]

I've been asking some friends and received this reply:


"Clive,

I have several copies of windows ME, including full versions and an upgrade version. The 'regenv32.exe' is in the win17 cab file and they are all 60kb. Where does the 72k version come from.  Sorry I couldn't help with a 72k version."

I'll give him some background information and see if his CD's are originals or backups.

[Rodders]

This is really getting bizarre!  After the file corrupted, Checkisk converted the unrecoverable remainder of the file into a .CHK file - leaving a repaired file of just 60K.  If the file was only 60K in the first place, where did the orphaned data come from?  

[Sandra]

Was it just a backup file it made possibly Rodders ?

[Rodders]

No Sandra.  I selected the option to convert the unrecoverable part of the file to a .chk file.

The problem is that the installation of ME was performed from a bootable CD which restores/overwrites the existing contents of the HD with a 'Ghost' image.  The original REGENV32.EXE is therefore inaccessible without a copy of Ghost.

Having said that, ME now seems pretty stable, considering it's running with a knackered REGENV32.  (FLW)