Windows cannot find C:\WINDOWS\system32\rundll32.exe

hello friends i had the same problem ,  firstly my desktop icon was not working.. if i try to open any application a messege always apper     ''open with" a list of programm... when i try to open control pannel .. control pannel open but when i try to open add/ remove programm error appear c:\windows\system32\rundll32.exe application not found... . i was trying to solve this problem . i spent lots of time even 4 day. i have tried all the solution provided by this forum but none of these worked 4 me... now i have got  solution from this situation . my computer works perfectly... if u have same situation.

try

firstly u  scan ur system with a good antiviruse... if this situation apper after xp gurdian 2010 viruse aatack. or xp antiviruse 2010 attack..then download a file" exe file association fix" of 1kb from this link**http://www.dougknox.com/xp/file\_assoc.htm**

after downloading this run this file. always press yess  whilie run complet..  i hope ur system will work perfectly as mine...sorry for bad english

"open with" problem

 for those who afraid to download the "file assosiation fix" file from link propsed by me..... just use a internet cafe and download this file in a pen drive or memory card and come to ypur pc .. just install or run the reg file  and i think u will happy  to see ur computer working perfectly..sorry for bad english..

warm regard to all member

Hello Trackrat98,

Thank you for posting your question.

This issue occurs because of a missing or corrupted Rundll32.exe file. This issue may also be caused by a virus.

To resolve this issue, follow these steps:

For more detailed information please see the corresponding KB article.

I hope this helps.

Lisa

Microsoft Answers Support Engineer

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Thanks for the suggestion, Lisa!  I did try the link but it says page no longer found.

Do you happen to know of any other solution to this darn missing file?  I cannot open any apps in my Control Panel! Ack!

Has anybody found a solution to this problem yet?  Thanks so much for any attempts to answer!

:)

EDIT:  I GOT IT!!!!  By browsing the internet, I came upon this answer:

***Find a copy of rundll32.exe in folder c:\windows\system32\dllcache or in c:\windows\servicepackfiles\i386.

If you find this, go ahead and copy rundll32.exe to the system folder c\windows\system32.

Otherwise you need a windows disc to expand this file.***

I dd a search on my computer for the file "rundll32.exe" and it came up in a few different folders on my harddrive.  But it NEEDS to be in c:\windows\system32 (the folder it was missing from).  I found the file in the dllcache folder as indicated above, then simply copied and pasted it into the system32 folder.  And WALLAH!!!  Problem solved and Control Panel and everything else works just great now!  So simple!!!  Hope this works for you folks who are still struggling with this issue!