If an essential Windows file gets whacked by a virus or otherwise
corrupted, restore it from the Windows CD. Search the CD for the
filename, replacing the last character with an underscore; for example,
Notepad.ex_. If it’s found, open a command prompt and enter the command
EXPAND, followed by the full pathname of the file and of the desired
destination: EXPAND D:\SETUP\NOTEPAD.EX_ C:\Windows\NOTEPAD.EXE. If
either pathname contains any spaces, surround it with double quotes.
If the file isn’t found, search on the unmodified filename. It will
probably be inside a CAB file, which Win XP treats as a folder. Simply
right-drag and copy the file to the desired location. In other Windows
platforms, search for a file matching *.cab that contains the filename.
When the search is done, open a command prompt and enter EXTRACT /L
followed by the desired location, the full pathname of the CAB file, and
the desired filename; for example: EXTRACT /L C:\Windows
D:\I386\Driver.cab Notepad.exe. Again, if the destination or CAB file
pathname contains spaces, surround it with double quotes.
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