Appwiz.cpl died in W2K

[Q. S. Ellis Sr.]

Need to replace appwiz.cpl in W2K after installing SPs,
hot-fixes, etc. Where can I find it?

Thanks.

 

[Gary Smith]

Need to replace appwiz.cpl in W2K after installing SPs,
hot-fixes, etc. Where can I find it?

If you've installed a service pack, the latest version should be in
\WINNT\ServicePackFiles\i386 and earlier versions in
\WINNT\$NtServicePackUninstall$. If there's more than one earlier
version, the older ones have numeric suffixes appended to the file name.

Why do you think you need to replace it?

 

[Q. S. Ellis Sr.]

Gary, thanks for the info. After the upgrade process, the
links to the applet were non-functional. I couldn't
locate the file to replace it, so I copied the appwiz.cpl
from my Win98SE files to replace it, and I lost the newer
functionality that the W2K version has.

Thanks again.

Q. S. Ellis Sr.

 

[Q. S. Ellis Sr.]

The file version in the location you refer to will not
execute (version 5.00.2195.6624), nor will the previous
version (5.00.2134.1) located in the
<C:\WINNT\$NtServicePackUninstall$> folder. The only one
to execute is the Win98SE version.

Thanks.

Q. S. Ellis Sr.

 

[Q. S. Ellis Sr.]

Gary,

You can see my post in the SETUP_UPGRADE group of 7-18-04
for more specific details of installed files and problems.

Thanks again.

Q. S. Ellis Sr.

 

[Gary Smith]

I'm suprised that the Win98 version executes. The 5.0.2195.6624 version
is the SP4 version. If that doesn't work, I think you have more problems
than just appwiz.cpl. Any version that doesn't begin with 5.0.2195 would
not be a Win2K version. My previous version was 5.0.2195.6157, but I
suspect that wouldn't work for you either under the present conditions.

 

[Q. S. Ellis Sr.]

Gary,

Believe it or not, this is the ONLY problem to come up so
far.

Is there a way to reinstall this particular applet without
reinstalling all of W2K and starting over?

I haven't been able to extract it from the W2K install CD
because I can't locate it.

Thank you.

Q. S. Ellis Sr.

 

[Gary Smith]

Is there a way to reinstall this particular applet without
reinstalling all of W2K and starting over?

I haven't been able to extract it from the W2K install CD
because I can't locate it.

It's in the I386 folder on the install CD under the name APPWIZ.CP_. The
file is compressed; you'll need to expand it using the command line expand
tool. I'd rename the existing file before doing so.

expand E:\I386\APPWIZ.CP_ %System Root%\system32\appwiz.cpl