Missing files

[Justified]

So I have a question and I put it here because it has to do with missing files on our computer or at least I think it does. These programs that people are making for yahoo messenger, most people are saying they are missing a file . These are my questions :

1. The files that are missing are they missing because some of us have older computers?

2. We have deleted a program we thought we no longer needed and mistakenly erased them in the process?

3. Or are they files that when the program was created , the creator himself left out ?

I'm asking because when I run SFC / scannow it doesn't tell me I have any files missing . Yet when I go to run one of these programs I get an error that some file is missing and I always have to get a copy of the file and put it on my computer.

If anyone has any answers to these I would appreciate it .

Thank you

[DJHyperbyte]

And now we are supposed to guess which files you are missing?

[Justified]

maybe you didn't read my post

[shifter]

Ok, I'm not a coder by any means, but my understanding is this - those missing files are just developers files, some systems will have them depending on what software they have installed, some users won't. Basically, the best explanation is Number 3 - they just didn't include all the nessecary files as they perhaps assume the majority already have them. This is why some sites have "missing files" sections, so users can get those needed files without too much hassle. Does that help?

[Justified]

Yes, Shifter thank you .. Now I just need to study up on where to put the files once I get them.

Dj - I'm sorry , I was crass and shouldn't have been , Hope you accept my apology .

[shifter]

Generally you can just put the missing files into the programs directory that is giving you the error.

[Justified]

My problem pops up with that .. I get the program, I save it to my desktop so that I can scan it and get rid of it easily if a problem arises but when I try to open them it tells me about the missing file, since its on my desktop not really sure where to put the missing file . Anyhoo, you helped solve my other problem so I thank you once again.

[shifter]

I think you'll need to give more details if you want any more help with this program. When you download it what is the file extension, (.exe or .zip, ect) and be as descritive as possible with the error message (tell us exactly what it says) otherwise it's just us guessing at hundered different possibilities.

[DJHyperbyte]

quote:Originally posted by Justified

Dj - I'm sorry , I was crass and shouldn't have been , Hope you accept my apology .

Apology accepted, but I still don't see anywhere in your post (I've read it about ten times now) what files you are missing...

[EliteNick]

She's just saying, in GENERAL a lot of Yahoo Messenger related programs she downloads always have missing files. Shifter was right for the most part, but to be more specific, most "Yahoo Programmers" meaning, most people who make programs that add on to Yahoo! Messenger make them with Visual Basic. This is a popular programming language because it is a lot simpler than a lot of other programming languages, being that you can put one thing and it can do a lot from it, unlike another language where as you have to declare every single thing at the start. But, the downside is that the users will need the add-on files that Visual Basic created programs use. Shifter is also correct in that we assume most people have the files, because, well, they do! But the people who don't get the error message and think that it is a fault in our program (usually). I will say that I for now on will include every file needed with it in a .ZIP.