msvfw32.dll is missing from your computer

[CharlotteTheHarlot]

put the 64Bit dll into system32 and the 32Bit one into syswow64 folder.

That could almost be a punchline to a joke.

[submix8c]

SHEESH! (Magic Man holding the hand... :thumbsup:)

That, sir, is the answer. 7-Zip will open the INSTALL.WIM so just "dump" them from the same folder name inside to the HDD as instructed.

[office13broken]

im the only user of the computer and it says system32 needs permission so i try to give permission when logged in as 'admin'

and it says 'access is denied' when i try to give permission.....

now what? it won't let me replace the .dll without permission

[MrJinje]

Probably just need to take ownership.

http://www.howtogeek.com/forum/topic/take-ownershipreg?replies=3

[office13broken]

is better-

http://www.mercenie.com/windows-seven/take-ownership-permission-of-files-folder-in-windows-7-and-xp-to-access-those-completely/

http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/189646-green-file.html

http://www.sevenforums.com/general-discussion/17137-read-only-folder-please-help.html

[office13broken]

after the dll was replaced with the extracted one, the scan still says the same thing, that it's missing and corrupted..

now what?

[MrJinje]

How old is the hard drive, can you run a disk diagnostic ?

[Tripredacus]

Did you reboot after replacing the file?

[MagicAndre1981]

Is Office at least running now? The best repair is still to do the inplace upgrade.

[office13broken]

yes did reboots

"old is the hard drive" -- same with the laptop, nothing wrong with it

it says the disk diagnostic can only be scheduled, and i did that once before. i think either it just never ran or it couldn't fix any problems if any

office has always been fine

it's ok, forget it, i give up

i give up

[office13broken]

i cancelled the disk check at stage 4 out of 5 because it was taking too long, and likely did the same once before

0 bad files though

[MagicAndre1981]

don't run it with the /R flag. Only chkdsk C: /f