fbw files and missing MSVCR71.dll

[MzungoEcosse]

I have been unable to start up my old hp pc and therefore chose to recover files on a USB stick so that I could transfer them to my new hp laptop. This left me with a backup file (Backup.2.fbw) and an exe (Backup.1). I read that I would need to run the exe to access the backed up data.

However when I run the exe I get a message saying that it can't start because MSVCR71.dll is missing.

I have read a few articles giving advice on how to resolve this but have not yet managed to do so. Any advice greatly appreciated.

Thanks

[Kalt · Accepted solution]

---

@MzungoEcosse wrote:

I have been unable to start up my old hp pc and therefore chose to recover files on a USB stick so that I could transfer them to my new hp laptop. This left me with a backup file (Backup.2.fbw) and an exe (Backup.1). I read that I would need to run the exe to access the backed up data.

However when I run the exe I get a message saying that it can't start because MSVCR71.dll is missing.

I have read a few articles giving advice on how to resolve this but have not yet managed to do so. Any advice greatly appreciated.

Thanks

---

You may need to reregister MSVCR71.DLL or scan and update/replace it.

1. First use Explorer to make sure that there is a copy of MSVCR71.DLL within the c:\Windows\System32 folder. Alternately, click Start and type inmsvcr71.dll. It should be the only thing listed above. A right click, Properties should verify its location within c:\Windows\System32.
2. Click the Start button and type cmd. Right click the cmd listing at the top of the list and Run as administrator. Provide credentials if required.
3. To reregister the .DLL, type regsvr32 msvcr71.dll <enter>. If that solves the problem, you are done.
4. If the problem is still there, run a System File Check from the same CMD window. Type sfc /scannow, then hit enter.

This will take a couple of minutes. A clean up-to-date system should report back something that looks like this:

C:\>sfc /scannow
 Beginning system scan.  This process will take some time.
 Beginning verification phase of system scan.
 Verification 100% complete.
 Windows Resource Protection did not find any integrity violations.

 Could you try that and report the results?