Windows XP Shell

[JUDY JACOBS]

I thought "shell" was a screen saver, and I deleted it.
Now I learn that it is a vital interface. So many of my
programs aren't working now; I'm sick about it. I have
searched to see if I can "reinstall" SHELL, but I keep
getting links to CELL. I have a Presario 2700, Windows
XP. Please send help.

Thanks,
Judy H Jacobs

[R. C. White]

Hi, Judy.

Run the System File Checker. At the Run prompt, type: sfc /scannow

SFC will compare each Windows operating system file with the "known good"
copy held in your on-disk cache and replace any missing or damaged ones.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP

"JUDY JACOBS" > wrote in message
...
> I thought "shell" was a screen saver, and I deleted it.
> Now I learn that it is a vital interface. So many of my
> programs aren't working now; I'm sick about it. I have
> searched to see if I can "reinstall" SHELL, but I keep
> getting links to CELL. I have a Presario 2700, Windows
> XP. Please send help.
>
> Thanks,
> Judy H Jacobs

[JUDY JACOBS]

When I attempt to enter System File Checker under RUN,
Windows XP says no known files. When I put the same term
into search, I get the same response. Is there another
way to ask XP to find the on-disk cache?

Thanks,
Judy


>-----Original Message-----
>Hi, Judy.
>
>Run the System File Checker. At the Run prompt, type:
sfc /scannow
>
>SFC will compare each Windows operating system file with
the "known good"
>copy held in your on-disk cache and replace any missing
or damaged ones.
>
>RC
>--
>R. C. White, CPA
>San Marcos, TX

>Microsoft Windows MVP
>
>"JUDY JACOBS" > wrote in message
...
>> I thought "shell" was a screen saver, and I deleted it.
>> Now I learn that it is a vital interface. So many of my
>> programs aren't working now; I'm sick about it. I have
>> searched to see if I can "reinstall" SHELL, but I keep
>> getting links to CELL. I have a Presario 2700, Windows
>> XP. Please send help.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Judy H Jacobs
>
>
>.
>

[Doug Knox MS-MVP]

Judy,

Exactly what file did you delete from your system? Do you remember the
exact name?

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"JUDY JACOBS" > wrote in message
...
> When I attempt to enter System File Checker under RUN,
> Windows XP says no known files. When I put the same term
> into search, I get the same response. Is there another
> way to ask XP to find the on-disk cache?
>
> Thanks,
> Judy
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi, Judy.
> >
> >Run the System File Checker. At the Run prompt, type:
> sfc /scannow
> >
> >SFC will compare each Windows operating system file with
> the "known good"
> >copy held in your on-disk cache and replace any missing
> or damaged ones.
> >
> >RC
> >--
> >R. C. White, CPA
> >San Marcos, TX
>
> >Microsoft Windows MVP
> >
> >"JUDY JACOBS" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> I thought "shell" was a screen saver, and I deleted it.
> >> Now I learn that it is a vital interface. So many of my
> >> programs aren't working now; I'm sick about it. I have
> >> searched to see if I can "reinstall" SHELL, but I keep
> >> getting links to CELL. I have a Presario 2700, Windows
> >> XP. Please send help.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Judy H Jacobs
> >
> >
> >.
> >

[R. C. White]

Hi, Judy.

Maybe I wasn't clear. You don't type "System File Checker" into the Run
box. Type just what I said before: SFC /scannow

Type just the initials SFC so that it can find and run the program file,
sfc.exe. Be sure there's a space between sfc and /scannow.

For detailed instructions, open the Help and Support File and type "sfc"
into the Search box.

Your on-disk cache should be in \Windows\System32\dllcache, but you don't
really need to know that. SFC will find it.

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX

Microsoft Windows MVP

"JUDY JACOBS" > wrote in message
...
> When I attempt to enter System File Checker under RUN,
> Windows XP says no known files. When I put the same term
> into search, I get the same response. Is there another
> way to ask XP to find the on-disk cache?
>
> Thanks,
> Judy
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi, Judy.
> >
> >Run the System File Checker. At the Run prompt, type:
> sfc /scannow
> >
> >SFC will compare each Windows operating system file with
> the "known good"
> >copy held in your on-disk cache and replace any missing
> or damaged ones.
> >
> >RC
> >
> >"JUDY JACOBS" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> I thought "shell" was a screen saver, and I deleted it.
> >> Now I learn that it is a vital interface. So many of my
> >> programs aren't working now; I'm sick about it. I have
> >> searched to see if I can "reinstall" SHELL, but I keep
> >> getting links to CELL. I have a Presario 2700, Windows
> >> XP. Please send help.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> Judy H Jacobs

[Donald Link]

Just reinstall XP. As long as you do not make any major changes such as
formatting the hard drive or installing it on a different partition. Never
delete anything period on the first try. Try renaming it first and after a
few weeks delete it or save it to a backup disk. XP is not very forgiving
when you delete necessary files. I quit playing around with trying to
reduce space and just went out a got a new new BIG, BIG harddrive. The
prices are really great on big hard drives, especially when you wait for a
sale or rebate. To me anything less than a 100 GB plus is now considered a
small hard drive. Buying a 40 or 60, or even an 80 GB is not very cost
efficient. The 80 is boderline.



"JUDY JACOBS" > wrote in message
...
> I thought "shell" was a screen saver, and I deleted it.
> Now I learn that it is a vital interface. So many of my
> programs aren't working now; I'm sick about it. I have
> searched to see if I can "reinstall" SHELL, but I keep
> getting links to CELL. I have a Presario 2700, Windows
> XP. Please send help.
>
> Thanks,
> Judy H Jacobs