does anyone know how to fix your older windows program if it says a file is corrupted?

Question

other than the computer i am currently using i have an older ibm think pad with windows millenium edition on it i tried to use it one day and it said that a certain file was corrupted or missing and to type the name of a loader file but i don't know what it wants i don't know what the name of any loader file is or what to about it because it won't let me onto a desktop page or anything else until i type the name of the loader file

Answer 1

For situations like these you just reload your Operating System ( in your case Windows ME ). While reinstalling the OS most of the files which are corrupted or missing will be repaired or replaced accordingly.

Or else if you can locate the file in your backup, try to replace the corrupted file. Doing this manual work is riscky. You need some expertise to do this. The first method is no risky way but that consume a quit a lot of time to reinstall the whole OS.

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Answer 2

it would be alot easier if you knew the file you were missing because then you could get your Windows disk and transfer the files from the CD to your computer. But locate your Windows disk anyways and put it in and restart your computer. Go through the repair process on the disk but make sure your computer is either backed up or you dont have anything that you arent willing to lose in there.

Answer 3

ME has a lot of bugs. You should Install XP or 2000. So, go out to BestBuy or osmething and see if you can buy a Windows 2000 Professional CD if you can buy Windows XP Home Edition or Professional and install it on the Thinkpad, but make sure that you format the hard drive befor installing the new Windows.

Answer 4

Try to go to an earlier date before these occured. Do the foloowing steps.
Hold down the CTRL key as you restart your computer.
On the Startup menu, select Safe mode command prompt only.
Type C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND\SCANREG /RESTORE, and then press ENTER.
When you are prompted, select Previous Day's Registry.

Answer 5

Reinstall the corrupted file.

Answer 6

millenium edition is the worst operating system microsoft produced. it has more bugs in it than all the others combined. get 2000 or xp. any one of them is better than that one.

Answer 7

try a scan disk on all your files

Answer 8

re-install the os.