If the folder layout looks like this it should work without issue.
Are you running on an operating system that isn't Windows?
The layout is looking exactly like this, and I am trying to run it on Windows 10, Home edition. I can't tell what was the game and system version when I successfully ran it before, but I can assure that it was Win 10 as well.
P.S. - I've tried running each version of exe from two downloads, none of them worked and gave out the same error. (Only one was unzipped at a time)
Aye this issue definetely has something to do with missing files in the folder you're trying to run the Exe from.
Looking this up online someone noted that they had this issue because the game folder was buried very deep within a bunch of other folder so maybe that's something you can use.
What happened between the game working and the game no longer working?
And just to make sure you have placed all these files in a windows folder ye?
Now that you mentioned it, maybe the problem really is that I put it into too many other folders. I'll try extracting it into a single folder on the desktop and see what happens.
Between the game working and then no longer working there may have happened several windows updates, maybe an entire system reinstalling, though I doubt the game has been updated since then.
And, uh, I don't entirely understand your last question, do you mean a folder named "windows" or what?