[Charlie K]

I'm having a similar problem.
a few weeks back i removed unused applications with add/remove programs,
used disk cleanup and disk defragmenter (which took longer than normal).
now whenever i try to run anything by microsoft (movie maker, windows
explorer etc.) a message saying:
"Microsoft Visual C++ Runtime Library
Runtime Error!
(lists the path of the program)
abnormal program termination"
i tried to use system restore to a point before this but it fails no matter
what date.
windows update doesnt help, if anyone knows what caused this problem or how
to solve it then i'd really appreciate it because i need these programs to
work.
i think it may be due to the loss of a .dll file but i'm not sure how it got
deleted or how to find out what it was or how to get it.
please reply soon.
Charlie