
If you are using Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows Vista or Windows XP, you can use the same method to run the Command Prompt as administrator. We ran the Command Prompt using Windows 10. In order to do this, all you have to do is follow the steps below.
In order to complete this step, you must run the Command Prompt as administrator. Step 5:Pasting the HWPNP.EXE file into the Windows/sysWOW64 folder
In other words, you must copy the ' HWPNP.EXE' file into both folders. On Windows operating systems with 64 Bit architecture, the dll file must be in both the ' sysWOW64' folder as well as the ' System32' folder.
If you are using a 64 Bit operating system, copy the ' HWPNP.EXE' file and paste it into the ' C: Windows sysWOW64' as well. Step 4:Copying the HWPNP.EXE file into the Windows/System32 folder EXE' file you extracted and paste it into the ' C: Windows System32' folder. Step 3:Extracting the HWPNP.EXE file to the desktop If you do not have this software, you can find and download it through a quick search on the Internet. In order to do this, you need to use the Winrar software. To extract the dll file, it will want you to choose the desired location.Ĭhoose the ' Desktop' location and click ' OK' to extract the file to the desktop. Click the ' Extract To' symbol marked in the picture. By doing this you will have chosen the file. Click the file once with the left mouse button. This is the file we are going to install. You will see the file named ' HWPNP.EXE' in the window that opens up. So, double-click the file with the '.zip' extension that you downloaded and open the file. You cannot directly install the '.zip' file.įirst, you need to extract the dll file from inside it. The file you are going to download is a compressed file with the '.zip' extension.
Method 1: Solving the DLL Error by Copying the HWPNP.EXE File to the Windows System Folder Reuse moahome - select this if you run the CD in compagnon with a. At boot-time you will have to choose one out of three options: 1.