msinfo32 shows missing files (iecont.dll; iecontlc.dll
Sandi Hardmeier MVP
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> I have posted this same question in other groups, including the one for
> IE, but no answer so far. Can anyone tell me what these files are,
> what they do, and can I restore them? If so, how?
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They do not seem to be standard Windows files. See if you can find them on
your system, right click, select properties, and see if you can work out
what programme installed them.
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Sandi Hardmeier MVP
> Hmmm. Bad communication. The files I mentioned in my
> subject line (iecont.dll and iecontlc.dll) ARE MISSING from my
> computer. They don't appear on my system, so I can't "right
> click and select properties." I would have tried that first
> thing anyway.
><p>When I go to Start, Run, and type "msinfo32," I get the System
> Information application window. Under Internet Settings/Internet
> Explorer/File Versions, there are 44 files listed. Some are dll
> files, some are exe and ocx; some cpl files. Among those files
> are the two I listed above. Under the heading "Version," most of
> the files show version numbers. The missing files show "<File
> Missing>".
I believe the files do not exist, and what you are seeing is normal -
perhaps creating by typographical errors in the programme's coding (the
same thing happened with system file checker back when WindowsMe first came
out).
I have not been able to find any evidence to the contrary. The files do
not exist according to Microsoft's DLL database, nor do they appear in
Technet, and an extensive web search and newsgroups search has not turned
up anything apart from other people looking for them.
Barry R. Ford
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> "Barry R. Ford" <earthb...@earthlink.net> wrote in
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> > Hmmm. Bad communication. The files I mentioned in my
> > subject line (iecont.dll and iecontlc.dll) ARE MISSING from my
> > computer. They don't appear on my system, so I can't "right
> > click and select properties." I would have tried that first
> > thing anyway.
> ><p>When I go to Start, Run, and type "msinfo32," I get the System
> > Information application window. Under Internet Settings/Internet
> > Explorer/File Versions, there are 44 files listed. Some are dll
> > files, some are exe and ocx; some cpl files. Among those files
> > are the two I listed above. Under the heading "Version," most of
> > the files show version numbers. The missing files show "<File
> > Missing>".
>
> I believe the files do not exist, and what you are seeing is normal -
> perhaps creating by typographical errors in the programme's coding (the
> same thing happened with system file checker back when WindowsMe first came
> out).
>
> I have not been able to find any evidence to the contrary. The files do
> not exist according to Microsoft's DLL database, nor do they appear in
> Technet, and an extensive web search and newsgroups search has not turned
> up anything apart from other people looking for them.
Very weird. So maybe IE was supposed to have those files at one time,
but now they are gone? And MS doesn't have any mention of them?
Sometimes I just have to shake my head...
Tom Buchanan
I have posted this same question in other groups, including the one for IE, but no answer so far. Can anyone tell me what these files are, what they do, and can I restore them? If so, how?Thanks in advance,
Barry
Barry,msinfo32 is the Microsoft System Information tool, this should be on your Windows 98 CD if that is your system. The application sits in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSINFO on my system. I have checked the Cabs and the 2 files that you mentioned do not reside in Win98SE.
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John Eddy [MS]
Barry,
As a lark, could you try disabling your A/V (or temporarily uninstalling it)
and check to see if the office sysinfo still sees the files as being
missing? Strange as it sounds, I do see some previous issues with these
files being reported as missing (despite the fact that they aren't supposed
to be there) and the files weren't reported as being missing when the a/v
was disabled. The reason I suggest going so far as to uninstall it is that
many a/v solutions work by installing a file system driver that merely
stopping the scanning doesn't stop the file system driver. Overall, it is a
non-issue with regards to IE functionality, but I would like to track down
the issue to see if we can't find out why it is happening.
John Eddy
"Barry R. Ford" <earthb...@earthlink.net> wrote in
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> Oops. I forgot to mention that I am using Windows XP.
> The System Information utility is part of Office, I think.
> Whatever the case, it <u>does</u> show the two files as
> "missing." Sandi says this is some kind of error, and that the
> files do not show up in the MS database. I speculate that the
> files were once supposed to be included in IE 6, but were removed
> during development. <p>Tom Buchanan wrote:
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> style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px;
> BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">I have posted this
> same question in other groups, including the one for IE, but no answer
> so far. Can anyone tell me what these files are, what they do,
> and can I restore them? If so, how? <p>Thanks in advance,
> <p>Barry
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> size=-1>Barry,</font></font> <font face="Arial"><font
> size=-1>msinfo32 is the Microsoft System Information tool, this should
> be on your Windows 98 CD if that is your system. The application sits
> in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\MSINFO on my system.
> I have checked the Cabs and the 2 files that you mentioned do not
> reside in Win98SE.</font></font> <br>--
> <br>Tom Buchanan</blockquote>
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"Barry R. Ford" <earthb...@earthlink.net> wrote in message news:3CC0AC12...@earthlink.net...
Oops. I forgot to mention that I am using Windows XP. The System Information utility is part of Office, I think. Whatever the case, it does show the two files as "missing."