Hello, I don't know where to start, but it all started by missing one DLL file which I downloaded through http://dll-files-fixer.com/. After putting the missing DLL at the location, everything started to bug out. All of a sudden everything on my backup drive (D) went to my main drive (C) (see picture) After transferring some lose documents, I transfer them back to drive (D) but how can I transfer most stuff from drive C to drive D ? Second problem, I'm currently missing an enormous amount of important files, I cannot start any game except Counter Strike: Source. Many of the games start up, but just won't simply load… So I searched on the internet I had to re-install Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x64) and Visual C++ 2015-2022 Redistributable (x32) due I have a x64 bit PC. I've done this, but it won't work. I'm getting issues like: Missing Etc ... I tried using every single program to fix this, but no success. So I had one more thing to do. They told me to remove my drivers, which I did and afterwards update them. I cannot update them because it's the newest version. I also tried to re-install the games but no chance .. With friendly regards, Katje
Check Microsoft's website out, there are plenty of threads about DLL programs, the dangers of using them and alternatives. I would stop trying random programs as it could really ruin your PC.
When reinstalling you will have an option to save all your files, by reinstalling windows that could install the ones you are missing i suppose?
I think the whole point of windows re-install is to have a clean installation of windows in case any corrupted files or software programs. You can download all the programs one by one from the internet nowadays, cd days are gone so u shouldn't really have a problem. You can back up files like pictures/music/movies in some sort of storage if you want.
Hello, I want to thank you all for the feedback and solutions. I shall be formatting my PC. Hopefully this will fix my problem.