Friday, March 16, 2012

How to Fix a Binkw32.dll Error


1. Go to the binkw32.dll file download website (see Resources for the link) and click on the "Save File" button. This will initiate the file download onto your computer.
2. Find the location of the file download on the computer and right-click on the file. Select the "Extract" option and choose the Windows desktop as the destination for the file extraction.
3. Right-click on the "Start" button, located in the lower left corner of the Windows desktop, and select the "Explore" option. This action opens "Windows Explorer." Go to the "System" folder, in the left panel of Windows Explorer. Different versions of the Windows operating systems will have the "System" folder in varying locations. The locations are as follows:Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Vista: "C:\Windows\System32."Windows 2000, Windows NT: "C:\WINNT\System32."
4. Left-click the "System" folder in the left panel of "Windows Explorer." This will open the contents of the folder in the right panel.
5. Drag and drop the "binkw32.dll" file from the Windows desktop into the right panel of Windows Explorer, onto the contents of the opened "System" folder. Click "Yes" to replace the old "binkw32.dll" file with the new "binkw32.dll" file. Reboot the computer.