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System and method for repairing a damaged application program

  • US 6,397,381 B1
  • Filed: 09/21/1998
  • Issued: 05/28/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/21/1998
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for repairing an application program that has become damaged, which when executed perform steps comprising:

  • (a) verifying that a resource operative to provide functionality to the application program is available at an expected location to the application program;

    (b) in response to a positive verification of the availability of the resource to the application program, passing an existence verification to the application program; and

    (c) in response to a failure to verify the availability of the resource to the application program at the expected location, automatically initiating an installation procedure without manual termination of the application program to make the resource available to the application program at the expected location.

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