Fix Cannot find the Rundll32.exe when open control panel item!

Many people probably encountered This message appear when you click on the Control Panel Items, or right click on my computer.

Reason 1: You have a virus or trojan

Reason 2: Your antivirus has deleted rundll32.exe because your PC was infected by a malicious program

Reason 3: This is a false error message and some malicious program is going to trick you that way.

What is rundll32.exe?

rundll32.exe is a System required process and it shouldn’t be disabled. Please note: rundll32.exe is needed for essential applications to work properly

To resolve this issue, follow these steps:

1. Put the Windows XP CD ROM disk in the CD ROM drive.
2. Click Start, and then click Run.
3. Type expand X:\i386\rundll32.ex_ c:\windows\system32\rundll32.exe in the Open box, where X is the letter of your CD ROM Drive.
4. Restart the computer.

Or an easy way is to copy that file from another computer in C:\Windows\System32\rundll32.exe and replace back.

It should work for you.

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