John O Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 My computer was in the shop with a problem and Windows 98SE had to be reinstalled by the technician. In the process, the games that came with the computer were lost. The only Windows 98SE cd rom is a copy I had made a while ago and I was unable to reinstall the games with it. The message I get is : "The file 'cards.dll on Windows Second Edition CD Rom cannot be found. Setup could not find a file on the specified path. If the path appears below, make sure it is correct. Click ok to try copying again." the path shown in the box is C:\Program Files\Creative\WDM_INST. I am not at all a computer person. Is there a way to restore the games?Thanks, John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awergh Posted January 14, 2007 Share Posted January 14, 2007 not surehere is cards.dll you could tryhttp://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?cards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MDGx Posted January 16, 2007 Share Posted January 16, 2007 CARDS.DLL is used by M$ Solitaire, MSHearts and probably by FreeCell, all card games [if these are what you are referring to] installed by M$ Windows.CARDS.DLL can be extracted from the CABs, found either in %windir%\OPTIONS\CABS or on your Windows Setup CD-ROM.Example if you have the Windows 98 SE Setup CD-ROM:1. Place the CD inside your 1st CD/DVD drive [if you have more than 1].2. Run this command from any DOS prompt:EXTRACT /A /Y D:\WIN98\WIN98_61.CAB /L %winbootdir%\SYSTEM CARDS.DLLIf you have the Windows ME (Millennium Edition) Setup CD-ROM:EXTRACT /A /Y D:\WIN9X\WIN_10.CAB /L %winbootdir%\SYSTEM CARDS.DLLMake sure D: above is your CD/DVD drive letter, change if otherwise.If you have all CABs in %windir%\OPTIONS\CABS , point to that directory instead:EXTRACT /A /Y %winbootdir%\OPTIONS\CABS\WIN98_61.CAB /L %winbootdir%\SYSTEM CARDS.DLLThis way CARDS.DLL will be extracted and copied to %windir%\SYSTEM , where it belongs.FYI:%windir% is same as %winbootdir% = environment variables set by the Windows OS at boot time.Both usually default to C:\WINDOWS on standard Win9x installs.Last 1 is used only in native MS-DOS mode, outside Windows.BTW:CARDS.DLL from WinME works OK with Windows 98 [Gold = First Edition (FE)] + 98 SE card games.HTH [Hope This Helps] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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