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Driverinstallation cannot find files

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When you install drivers under XP Embedded you get the error message that the system cannot find a specific needed file.

This is a normal behavior in XP Embedded and can happen even if the files are already located in the correct folders.

Just click browse and search for the following filetypes in the following folders.

.sys Windowssystem32drivers
.dll Windowssystem32
.drv Windowssystem32

If a file is not there just copy it over from an XP Professional system or extract it from the Repository folder.

You should also setup a filter in Target Designer to search for the missing file and include the component for the next build.

Written by Wolfgang Unger

November 4, 2008 at 17:50

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