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System File Checker?

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Dave - 09 Nov 2005 17:10 GMT
Is there a system file checker option for Windows Me?  If so, where, and if
not, is there any way to check the integrity of the system files?  Thanks for
your time.

Dave
Mike M - 09 Nov 2005 17:14 GMT
Dave,

Win Me doesn't include SFC but instead Win Me contains the far superior
System File Protection mechanism which prevents the replacement of system
files by ill mannered and badly behaved installs.

Win 98/98SE's SFC file replacement capability is replaced in Win Me by
MSConfig, which has a File Extract ... button on the General tab.

If however you are used to using SFC for logging and monitoring files,
changes, versions and dates then the good news is that yes SFC still works
fine in Me but should ONLY be used for logging.  All that is required are
the files sfc.exe and sfcdll.dll from 98/98SE (perhaps also sfc.hlp if you
use it).  Do not bother with default.sfc from an earlier OS but rather set
up your own SFC configuration (file extensions and folders to be
monitored) once installed in Me.  I did this when I first installed Win Me
and continue to use SFC but only for logging changes to my system files,
not as a tool for replacing them.  I also do so on my PCs running XP.
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> Is there a system file checker option for Windows Me?  If so, where,
> and if not, is there any way to check the integrity of the system
> files?  Thanks for your time.
>
> Dave
Doc - 13 Nov 2005 07:30 GMT
> If however you are used to using SFC for logging and monitoring files,
> changes, versions and dates then the good news is that yes SFC still
> works fine in Me but should ONLY be used for logging.  All that is
> required are the files sfc.exe and sfcdll.dll from 98/98SE (perhaps
> also sfc.hlp if you use it).

Mike, do you know which .cab files on the Win98FE cd I can extract these
sfc files from.

Thanks in advance.

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Mike M - 13 Nov 2005 08:13 GMT
> Mike, do you know which .cab files on the Win98FE cd I can extract
> these sfc files from.
>
> Thanks in advance.

Only by searching the 98SE cab file folder using Windows Explorer and I
don't have a Win 98SE CD to hand.  Search for files containing the text
SFC rather than for files called SFC.

Ah, found the answer for you in the KB.
For Win 98:  SFC.EXE is in Win98_42,CAB, SFCDLL,DLL in WIN_38.CAB and
SFC.HLP in Win98_44.CAB.
For Win 98SE:  SFC.EXE is in Win98_46,CAB, SFCDLL,DLL in WIN_40.CAB and
SFC.HLP in Win98_49.CAB.
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Doc - 19 Nov 2005 01:17 GMT
"Mike M" <No_Spam@Corned_Beef.Only> wrote in news:OP3#ZoC6FHA.2552
@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl:

>> Mike, do you know which .cab files on the Win98FE cd I can extract
>> these sfc files from.
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> For Win 98SE:  SFC.EXE is in Win98_46,CAB, SFCDLL,DLL in WIN_40.CAB and
> SFC.HLP in Win98_49.CAB.

Thanks Mike.

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