Lost Acer E Setting program on Acer 5102

Some how my Acer E settings program for adjusting screen brightness and power manage has disappeared or got corrupted somehow during a crash. I can open the shell but then get the following error mesage.

Error message when open Acer Empoweringsettings.


System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at Acer.Empowering.eSettings.Presenters.SysInfoPresenter.enterPage(SysInfoPages page)
at Acer.Empowering.eSettings.Presenters.SysInfoPresenter.sysInfoView_OnSwitchPage(Object sender, PageSwitchEventArgs args)
at Acer.Empowering.eSettings.Views.SysInfoView.tabSystemInfo_TabPageChangedEvent(Object sender, Int32 index)
at Acer.Empowering.Windows.Forms.TabControl.set_SelectedIndex(Int32 value)
at Acer.Empowering.Windows.Forms.TabControl.OnClick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 1.0.5000.0
Win32 Version: 1.1.4322.2032
CodeBase: file:///c:/windows/microsoft.net/framework/v1.1.4322/mscorlib.dll
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Acer.Empowering.Framework.Launcher
Assembly Version: 2.3.2015.0
Win32 Version: 2.3.2015.0
CodeBase: file:///C:/Acer/Empowering%20Technology/Acer.Empowering.Framework.Launcher.exe

I tried removing the program and re-installing them after downloading them from Acer web site but still get same error mesage. The framework shell comes up but no data.

Is there any way I can repair the settings program without having to do a full restore of the hard drive? I have a lot of pix on my hard drive that I would need to back up to do a full restore and hope to avoid wasting that time if possible. I doubt Acer tech will help me with this problem since they will say it is a software problem and my computer is over a 100 days old. Any ideas on how to fix this?

 

It's a suggestion but you can try to redownload the mscorlib.dll file and place it in the Windows folder required mentioned in the error. Sometimes I use Norton Windoctor to sniff out missing dll files on my computer and fix the missing files manually by downloading them into the correct folder. Try http://www.dll-files.com/ and search for mscorlib.dll.

Otherwise you can do a system restore session and go back to a period where the program was working before it wouldn't work if possible.

 

I couldn't find the right file so gave up and finally did the factory default restore from the hard drive. It worked and seemed easy. I kept my data files on D: drive so they are OK. I only re-installed those programs I really need on Windows since I run kubuntu Linux now most of the time from an external hard drive. I think the external is faster than the internal and Kubuntu seems to run better than Windoze too.