Solved: WININET.dll not found, failed to start

[ineedhelpbad]

Ok, this is bad.

I had a virus in the file "wininet.dll" so i changed the name of it to "wininet.old" and rebooted, hoping that the file would regenerate; and well, it didnt. so when i boot up in safe of regular mode i get this error message "This application has failed to start because WININET.dll was not found. Re-Installing the application may fix this problem"

it says that when i boot up, after i log in. and the start bar, or my icons dont come up.

any help would be wonderful.
thank you.

Windows XP SP2

 

[ohheck]

so if the file is still on your pc with an '.old' extension what happens if you change it back to 'dll' ?

 

[ineedhelpbad]

so if the file is still on your pc with an '.old' extension what happens if you change it back to 'dll' ?

i had no task bar or anything so i couldnt view my files or folders.
but i fixed it.
thanks anyways.