Windows 10: I accidentally deleted a lot of dll files

I recently deleted an old game off my computer, which deleted most of my dll files from system 32. I have followed some online tutorials on how to get these back, including installing a fresh copy of windows 10. Is there any way I can get the files back without resteting?

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Missing a lot of dll files in System32

Hey

I recently discovered that I get an error everytime I try to start certain games or programs called 0xc000007b. I don't know a lot about computers so I googled it and found out that it's connected to missing dll files in System32 but since I didn't know
what was missing there, I downloaded Dependency Walker to find it out. Now I know that I'm missing
a lot of dll files, way too much to write down but to give a few examples:

• api-ms-win-core-crt-L1-1-0.dll
• api-ms-win-core-errorhandling-L1-1-0.dll
• api-ms-win-core-string-L-1-10.dll
• api-ms-win-core-synch-L1-2-0.dll
• api-ms-win-core-security-base-L1-1-0.dll

etc. the list goes on.

Now I can already tell that it's not a good sign that I'm missing all these system files but I also don't know how I could've possibly deleted them. The only problem I've encountered the past few weeks was when I installed BitDefender, since it started going
crazy and deleting folders from games that were completely fine. Had enough of that so I uninstalled that and got Kaspersky instead which made zero problems to this day, now I can only guess that the files could've possibly been deleted by Bitdefender but
as I said, I don't know a lot about computers so forgive me if that theory makes no sense.

Anyway I tried repairing System32 by using SFC and DISM at the command prompt with admin rights but it didn't help, so I tried to reset my PC but I got an error that it didn't work. Searched it up online, found out that antivirus programs might cause the
error so I uninstalled Kaspersky, tried again and it still didn't work.

Now I'm at a point where I don't know what to do anymore since I can't find anything else online that could help me. I hope that I explained everything you need to know and that somebody could help me with this, I would be really thankful.

 

.DLL file

Hi Jerry,

Specific programs use DLL files to function properly in a Windows environment. If the DLL file gets misplaced, deleted, or corrupted, the error "____.dll is missing" appears. We'd like to learn more about your concern so that we could provide
the proper resolution. We just have a few questions for you:

• Which build version of Windows 10 is on your computer? To check, click
  Start, type winver, and press Enter. For example, 14393.1066.
• Did you make any changes to your computer before this started happening, like installing or uninstalling a program?
• What troubleshooting steps have you done so far?

As an initial recommendation, we suggest that you disable your Startup programs to isolate the cause of the error. To do this, follow these steps:

• Right-click the taskbar and select Task Manager.
• Click More details.
• Go to the Startup tab.
• Right-click every listed program and choose Disable.
• Restart your computer and check if the issue persists.
  
• If the error disappears, enable one of the programs and restart your computer to check if the error reappears; this is to pinpoint exactly which program is causing the error. Do this for all Startup programs until you find the cause.
• Once you've found the program that's causing the error, you can then try uninstalling and reinstalling it.

We'll wait for your response and the results of the troubleshooting.

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Registering a dll

Hi Donald,





There are a lot of factors for this matter. to isolate the issue, we have some questions for you:

• 
  What application does the .dll belongs to?
  
• 
  Have you tried uninstalling/reinstalling the software?
  
• 
  Aside from downloading and installing the .dll file, what other troubleshooting steps have you done so far?
  

We'll be waiting for your response.



Regards.