Repair Defragment In Windows Vista

Martin — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 09:06:32 +0000

Defragment seems to make more problems in Windows Vista than it did in Windows XP. A recent test on a Toshiba notebook running Windows Vista Service Pack 1 revealed that a click on the defragment button would do nothing at all. This is apparently caused by third party disk defragmentation software programs that somehow hijack the defragmentation process.

The following article explains how to repair defragment in Windows Vista. It will also mention alternatives in case the repair does not succeed. The following error messages are symptomatic: “The Disk Defragmenter is not installed on your computer” or “Windows cannot connect to the Disk Defragmenter engine”. The suggest help topics do not help in this case.

The first thing that can be done is to register two dynamic link libraries (dlls) again. This can be done by opening a command prompt as an administrator and typing in the following commands:

regsvr32 dfrgsnap.dll regsvr32 dfrgui.dll

You might need to switch to the system32 directory first in the command line using cd /windows/system32/.

The second option is to reinstall the defragment tool completely. Locate the file dfrg.inf in the /windows/inf/ directory. Right-click it and select Install from the menu.

Alternatives To The Windows Defragmenter:

There are two possible alternatives. You can try and start the Dos defragmenter by typing in defrag.exe or install a third party disk defragmentation tool like disk defrag.

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Repair Windows: Blank Dialog Boxes

Martin — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 08:14:12 +0000

Blank dialog boxes when opening Help and Support, User Accounts or System Restore are usually caused by Registry settings that are not set correctly anymore or by missing or corrupted dll files. The error can also appear in Internet Explorer when the print preview is blank or when starting Microsoft Windows Media Player which returns an error message like “An internal application error has occurred”.

The two dynamic link libraries that can be the cause of this are jscript.dll and vbscript.dll. Their Windows Registry key settings might have changed or the files themselves are damaged or not existent on the computer system anymore.

The best possible scenario is that the Registry keys have been altered or removed. The error could be repaired easily if that is the case. This can be checked and done in the Windows Command Line which can be opened by pressing Windows R and typing cmd in the box. Hitting the Enter key will load the command line.

The two commands “regsvr32 jscript.dll” and “regsvr32 vbscript.dll” will register the dlls again and correct any missing or modified keys. It would be a good idea to test one of the dialog windows to see if the repair has succeeded.

If that is not the case jscript.dll and / or vbscript.dll might be missing or corrupted. The files have to be added again using the Windows installation disk.

Msconfig is the utility of choice for this operation. It can be loaded by pressing Windows R, typing msconfig and hitting enter. The General tab of msconfig contains a button on the right side named Expand File. A click on that button launches the menu shown above.

To replace or add the dll simply write its name in the File to Restore form, the location of the original file in the Restore From box and where it should be saved in the Save File In form. This will move the file from the Windows installation CD and replace the corrupted version. If no file is found it will simply be copied into the system32 folder.

Perform that operation for both dlls and register them again afterwards.

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