Courtesy of MikeM.
Joan
VMM32.VXD is a composite file that is built from thirty or more other
files
when Win Me is installed and differs from system to system depending upon
the
hardware in use. If you boot to DOS using a floppy can you see if you
have
the file vmm32.vxd in your C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM folder? If not then you may
well
have to reinstall Win Me. One way you can check whether vmm32.vxd is
missing
or not is by typing the following at the A:\> prompt:
A:\> DIR C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\VMM32.VXD
If present you should see something like:
VMM32 VXD 1,032,968 15/08/00 14:34 VMM32.VXD
(Don't worry about the details, your date and size will most likely be
different)
but if absent you will see:
File Not Found
If the file is still present, and I hope it is, see MS KB258471 - "Error
Message: The Following File Is Missing or Corrupted:
C:\Windows\Ifshlp.sys"
(http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=258471) which explains how to proceed
to
hopefully fix the problem.
Once you've fixed your system you might then want to amend the default
settings for the Registry Checker so that it backs up a copy of vmm32.vxd
each
time that it backs up the registry which might save a lot of anguish in
future. Do this by looking for the file scanreg.ini in your Windows
folder
and adding the line
Files=11,vmm32.vxd
beneath the last line of the file. The Registry Checker will then create
a
daily backup copy of vmm32.vxd as well as the registry and the backups are
stored in the rb00?.cab files in the windows\SysBckup folder. For more
details see MS KB 183603 - "How to Customize Registry Checker Tool
Settings"
(http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=183603).
[Ack. to Jack Martinelli MVP for this last suggestion]
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Jim wrote:
