re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes'
Thursday, December 26, 2002 at 10:39 pm
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Ms. Eagle
(32532 messages posted)
You need to extract a new copy of Explorer.exe. You'll need your OS CD handy, unless
you have Cab files on your hard drive, normally in C:\windows\options\cabs.
First, you'll need to edit the 'system.ini' file in DOS to temporarily replace the
Explorer shell with Winfile. Then you can access your start menu, etc.
Boot to the command prompt. At the C:\> prompt (press enter after each line) type:
cd windows
edit system.ini
Now change the shell=explorer.exe to shell=winfile.exe
>>> press Alt+F together to access the File, Save and Exit menu and save the file
and exit.
>> Do a ctrl-alt-del to reboot.
>> Once in Winfile click File - Run, type: SFC then click OK. Choose to extract
one file from disk. File to extract: Explorer.exe (either point to the location
of your CAB install files or your Windows CD, whichever the case). Location to extract
to: C:\windows
Hopefully, you'll get a message saying the file has been successfully extracted.
Before exiting and shutting down, click File > Run again and enter system.ini so
that it opens in Notepad. Edit the line back to shell=explorer.exe Then reboot,
and a new copy of Explorer.exe will be in place.
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All messages in this thread [show all]
 |  | re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Ms. Eagle: Thu, Dec 26, 2002, 10:39 pm) |
|  |  | Why? (Paul D: Fri, Dec 27, 2002, 12:07 am) |
| | | | re: Why? (Ms. Eagle: Fri, Dec 27, 2002, 12:42 am) |
| | | | | re: Why? (Paul D: Fri, Dec 27, 2002, 1:15 am) |
| | | | | | re: Why? (wuz2blu: Wed, Apr 2, 2003, 9:30 pm) |
| | | | | | | re: Why? (James Shannon: Fri, Sep 9, 2005, 2:10 am) |
| | | | | | |  | re: Why? (xlioilx: Mon, Sep 17, 2007, 2:21 am) |
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