Thank you for responding KeMical. Unfortunately, the restore to an earlier time did not help because this problem had evidently been around longer than my string of backups. I went back a couple of days in the regular system restore and it too was too near time and I was concerned with going back more than a couple of days because I have done a lot to the system during that time,Hi alkolkin,
Have you tried restoring your system back to an earlier time?
Another possible fix would be to boot from the 7 DVD and when you reach the install screen choose 'Repair' instead.
I was fooling around with the OC capabilities built into my Nvidia BIOS. MISTAKE! It caused hard disk corruption and a system crash. I was forced to run CHKDSK and wallah! the files Windows 7 files required for those applets must have been wiped out by that archaic process. I should stick with what I know, but I am incapable of resisting the temptation to learn something new.To be honest I had forgotten that the repair feature just repaired the start up but your right, it should replace any missing files within the installation.
Good idea on the upgrade though.
I wonder what caused your initial problem?