Microsoft KB Archive/135964

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General Protection Fault Error Message Running ScanDisk

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Q135964

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows 95
 * Microsoft Plus! for Windows 95

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SYMPTOMS
When you run ScanDisk, you may receive the following error message:

SCANDSKW

This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down.

If you click Details, you see the following information:

  SCANDSKW caused a general protection fault in module KRNL386.EXE at...

CAUSE
This error can occur if the Dskmaint.dll file in the Windows\System folder is damaged.

RESOLUTION
To resolve this problem, extract a new copy of the Dskmaint.dll file from the Plus_2.cab file. To do so, follow these steps:

 Restart your computer in MS-DOS mode. Change to the Windows\System directory.  Type the following line at the MS-DOS command prompt "extract :\plus_2.cab dskmaint.dll" where is the drive letter of the CD-ROM drive containing the Microsoft Plus! CD-ROM, or of the floppy disk drive containing disk 2 of the original Microsoft Plus! disks.  Restart your computer normally.

MORE INFORMATION
If you do not have Microsoft Plus! installed, extract the Dskmaint.dll file from the Precopy2.cab file on your original Windows 95 disks or CD-ROM.

Keywords : kberrmsg kbtool win95

Issue type :

Technology : kbWin95search kbGamesSearch kbPlusSearch kbWin95 kbPlus95