missing rundll32.exe

[russemartin]

missing rundll32.exe

[mdklassen]

On my Windows 7 Professional system, I have:

 Directory of C:\Windows\System32

30/03/2017  08:03 AM            46,080 rundll32.exe
               1 File(s)         46,080 bytes

 Directory of C:\Windows\SysWOW64

30/03/2017  07:58 AM            45,056 rundll32.exe
               1 File(s)         45,056 bytes

Which of those 2 files is "missing" ?

[russemartin]

Thank you ndklassen. I got it squared away.

Question: if the original file was corrupted many years later, wouldn't the Modified Date verify this?

Windows/system32. Rundll32 45kb 7/13/2009

Windows/sysWOW. Rundll32 44kb 7/13/2009

[mdklassen · Accepted solution]

> I got it squared away.

Please share with us "how" you resolved it, so that others following this thread can do the same.

> Question: if the original file was corrupted many years later, wouldn't the Modified Date verify this?

I'm not sure which date you are looking at.

Windows tracks "creation date" and "modified date".

If Windows Update "replaces" a file, does that count as being "modified" ?

Probably not.

From my Windows 7 Professional System:

This shows "File Version: 6.1.7601.23755", and "Date modified: 30/03/2017 08:03 AM".

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