Game won't Start KERNEL32.DDL error

[timmer]

Just downladed. Get the following error: The procedure entry point OpenFilebyId can not be located in the dynamice link library KERNEL32.dll

Any Ideas

[timmer]

Kernel32.dll

[Rothius]

http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?kernel32

Extract kernel32.dll from kernel32.zip. We recommend that you extract kernel32.dll to the installation directory of the program that is requesting kernel32.dll.
If that doesn't work, you will have to extract kernel32.dll to your system directory. By default, this is:
C:\Windows\System (Windows 95/98/Me)
C:\WINNT\System32 (Windows NT/2000)
C:\Windows\System32 (Windows XP, Vista, 7)
If you use a 64-bit version of Windows, you should also place kernel32.dll in C:\Windows\SysWOW64\
Make sure overwrite any existing files (but make a backup copy of the original file).
Reboot your computer.
If the problem still occurs, try the following:
Open Windows Start menu and select "Run...".
Type CMD and press Enter (or if you use Windows ME, type COMMAND)).
Type regsvr32 kernel32.dll and press Enter.

[Jarnis]

Let me guess: OP is running either XP or unpatched Vista/7?

And no, (re)downloading Kernel32.dll won't help. That just, at best, messes everything up. Your Windows wouldn't boot without Kernel32.dll. So it is there - just not supporting a requested function call, suggesting you are using outdated OS (or, alternatively, corrupted/damaged OS)

[timmer]

Rothius..thanks for your advice. Your fix did not work but thanks anyway.

Jarnis you are correct. I guess it is time to retire XP and move forward.

[Jarnis]

CoH2 wont run on XP. No hope there.

[timmer]

Thanks for all your help. Guess I will be spending the day upgrading to Win 7.

[jacko640]

which is a "fun" job taking in consideration what you think as beeing fun in a operating system upgrade ^^, going from scratch is always best, upgrading it "migrating on top of" winxp/vista, also works and still has your "old setup" more or less intact, but is a lot more work if running into troubles

[timmer]

Think we are going fresh on to a new drive and then we will migrate information back.

[jacko640]

yup that would be best, so you still have the "old drive with all the info" ,also not knowing if you have done things like this in the past, its always handy to look at this:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/help/upgrading-from-windows-xp-to-windows-7#T1=tab01

in any case good luck with the upgrade ^^

[timmer]

Thanks everyone for your advice and help. Should be back line on Win 7 in a couple of hours and have everything reinstalled after that.