hi i just ran ad-aware after restoring hard drive yesterday and progman.exe is gone and i now have something new called ddhelp.exe Please tell me if progman.exe is important,and if so,i have an original restore cd--- ----would someone give me as detailed instructions as newgrl gave in post #16343 (i have been reading previous posts for an hour and a half in an effort to find the answer, so please don't feel that i have not put forth any effort)

Hi alex. There is an easier way to get to get progman.exe back.... but I'm wondering why you think it is gone? And ddhelp.exe is a component of DirectX. It should be located in c:\windows\system. To extract progman.exe from your cabinet files.... as long as the company you bought the computer from put them on the hard drive... try this: Go to start>>run>>msconfig. Click extract one file button. This will start the extract utility. For the file name type: progman.exe Click start. Where you want to put the file: c:\windows Where you want the computer to find the cabinet files: c:\windows\options\cabs Click extract. If it prompts you to overwrite or save the old file... just say yes. If this does not solve the problems you are having... please tell us what is going on.