Pontius,
The file you're looking for is compressed into one of the cabinet files on the Win95CD. It's in Win95_11.cab in the d
win95 folder, assuming D is your CD drive letter (substitute your CD drive letter for D if necessary).
I will explain an indirect fix to avoid possible problems that you may or may not encounter.
Try this:-
Use Windows Explorer to copy the Win95_11.cab file from the Win95 folder on your Win95 CD to any suitable folder on your hard drive - try c
temp or c
windows\temp - you'll have one of those. I'll assume c
temp for the next step. If you choose something different, then replace c
temp below with whatever you choose.
Click Start, then Run.
In the window type
extract ctemp\win95_11.cab kernel32.dll /l ctemp
This will extract kernel32.dll to c
temp. It really needs to go to c
windows\system, but Windows may not let you put it there while Windows is running - I'm not sure, so I'm doing it this longish way to avoid possible problems.
Click Start, Shut Down, Restart in DOS mode.
When you get a prompt like this
Cwindows>
(or whatever it is, doesn't matter), type
copy ctemp\kernel32.dll cwindows\system and hit Enter. Remember if you used a folder other than c
temp earlier, then use that folder name.
eg, if you used c
windows\temp earlier, then the command would be
copy cwindows\temp\kernel32.dll cwindows\system
You will asked whether ot not to overwrite, Y/N. Type Y and enter.
That should have replaced kernel32.dll.
Reboot and see how you go.
Watch the spaces in those commands above - they're important, and in the EXTRACT command, that /l is l for lima.
If it works, clean up by deleting the .cab file and the kernel file from the temporary folder you used.
Hope this helps
AA
[This message has been edited by Ausatco (edited 13 March 2001).]