missing files?

[stephanie1]

when windows starts it says sys.ini looking for nwlink.vxd missing file. Is there a place somewhere I can find out a list of what these missing files are? if it is a windows file and not someother program file can i reinstall it?

[Ya_know]

NWlink is part of the Netware (Novell) network properties. Do you use IPX/SPX, or Client for Netware networks in you Net properties? If you don't need them, remove them.

If they are required, you may need to remove them, reboot and reapply those properties, and reboot again. The information is restored from the CD, and should (meaning that I am presuming) recopy that file, and correct that and other problems. Let us know if you need step by step instructions.

This is probably the easiest way. Someone may post a method to extract the file from the install Cab files. I still think working with the network properties is the best way...

Give us some more info about you OS, If networked, describe, and any other problems encountered.

[gutted]

If you don't have any luck with Ya_Know's suggestion, could always try reinstalling NIC drivers. Had similar prob when trying to install an old ISA NIC - Win98 only installed bits of Novell stuff, and the rest was apparently part of the NIC drivers. Bizarre.

Other than that, maybe try running Win9x setup program. If you run it over top of existing installation, it will install all original files into correct places. It's easy to do, and sometimes sorts out vxd errors and stuff.

It will NOT adversely affect your system, and only thing it might do (apart from reinstall all files from CD) is tidy your desktop icons...

If you want to give it a go, boot from a Win98 booter, choose "CDROM support". Type "d:" (or whatever) to get to your Win9x CD then type setup. You won't need licence key, and all existing drivers will be untouched. If it is a problem with missing files that are part of the OS, this should resolve it.