I have a question about How 
do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes:


My computer had been running normally the night before and was shut down properly. 
I turned the computer on in the morning, everything seemed to be working fine, but 
all that came up after startup was the desktop wallpaper and no icons or task bar. 
When I did a ctrl+alt+del, the End Task window showed no tasks. I subsequently did 
a ctrl+alt+del again to restart and did so in Safe Mode, producing the same results.
The day previous, I did not do anything out of the ordinary, except installed a CD 
Rom kids game (don't know if this would affect the performance.) I did not open/nor 
receive any unknown "mysterious" e-mail either.

I have consulted with an other newsgroup and had been suggested to:
 1) "Restore a backup copy of the registry using ScanReg."
-I tried doing this for the previous 2 days, with no results, on my third attempt, 
the "...operation failed."
 2) "Restart the system and hold down the CTRL key while the system is booting. This 
will take you to the Boot Menu,select Command Prompt Only. Now type Edit C:\Windows\system.ini 
and look for shell=progman.exe. If found chance to shell=Explorer.exe then save and 
close."
- I found shell=Exploerer.exe in system.ini

I have looked through the other postings, but am not sure if my explorer.exe is corrupt, 
my computer has a virus, or if I should just reinstall my system altogether. Before 
I proceed with anything drastic, I will also need to know how I can backup my existing 
data...

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That shell=Explorer can be replaced temporarily with either Winfile.exe shell or 
Progman.exe. These instructions are for Winfile and will get you in, so that you 
can replace Explorer with a new copy. That may be the problem, but I would think 
you'd get an error message. It won't hurt anything to try.

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 'system.ini' in DOS to temporarily replace the Explorer 
shell with Winfile. Then you can access your start menu. 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 

(Alternatively, you can place a semi-colon like this: ;shell=explorer.exe Then hit 
enter and add the shell=winfile.exe line. Then you'd go back and undo, once you're 
finished.)  

>>> 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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possibly a fix here http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;q132668


On Thursday, January 16, 2003 at 11:15 pm, claudine wrote:

>I have a question about How 
>do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes:

>
>My computer had been running normally the night before and was shut down properly. 
>I turned the computer on in the morning, everything seemed to be working fine, but 
>all that came up after startup was the desktop wallpaper and no icons or task bar. 
>When I did a ctrl+alt+del, the End Task window showed no tasks. I subsequently did 
>a ctrl+alt+del again to restart and did so in Safe Mode, producing the same results.
>The day previous, I did not do anything out of the ordinary, except installed a 
CD 
>Rom kids game (don't know if this would affect the performance.) I did not open/nor 
>receive any unknown "mysterious" e-mail either.
>
>I have consulted with an other newsgroup and had been suggested to:
> 1) "Restore a backup copy of the registry using ScanReg."
>-I tried doing this for the previous 2 days, with no results, on my third attempt, 
>the "...operation failed."
> 2) "Restart the system and hold down the CTRL key while the system is booting. 
This 
>will take you to the Boot Menu,select Command Prompt Only. Now type Edit C:\Windows\system.ini 
>and look for shell=progman.exe. If found chance to shell=Explorer.exe then save 
and 
>close."
>- I found shell=Exploerer.exe in system.ini
>
>I have looked through the other postings, but am not sure if my explorer.exe is 
corrupt, 
>my computer has a virus, or if I should just reinstall my system altogether. Before 
>I proceed with anything drastic, I will also need to know how I can backup my existing 
>data...

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Claudine:  another possibility;

FUNLOVE in Disguise - PE_BRID.A (Low Risk) 

upon execution, PE_BRID.A kills all instances of EXPLORER.EXE from memory causing 
the Windows Start bar and the Desktop Icons to not display. 
it also drops five files - four of which are copies of the virus PE_FUNLOVE.4099. 
the remaining file that is not a copy of PE_FUNLOVE.4099, is an Outlook Express Email 
file that is used by the virus as a template for sending email messages. 

it also adds a registry entry so that its copy executes when the infected system 
is restarted.

for more info, see the link below after your text.





On Thursday, January 16, 2003 at 11:15 pm, claudine wrote:
>I have a question about How 
>do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes:

>
>My computer had been running normally the night before and was shut down properly. 
>I turned the computer on in the morning, everything seemed to be working fine, but 
>all that came up after startup was the desktop wallpaper and no icons or task bar. 
>When I did a ctrl+alt+del, the End Task window showed no tasks. I subsequently did 
>a ctrl+alt+del again to restart and did so in Safe Mode, producing the same results.
>The day previous, I did not do anything out of the ordinary, except installed a 
CD 
>Rom kids game (don't know if this would affect the performance.) I did not open/nor 
>receive any unknown "mysterious" e-mail either.
>
>I have consulted with an other newsgroup and had been suggested to:
> 1) "Restore a backup copy of the registry using ScanReg."
>-I tried doing this for the previous 2 days, with no results, on my third attempt, 
>the "...operation failed."
> 2) "Restart the system and hold down the CTRL key while the system is booting. 
This 
>will take you to the Boot Menu,select Command Prompt Only. Now type Edit C:\Windows\system.ini 
>and look for shell=progman.exe. If found chance to shell=Explorer.exe then save 
and 
>close."
>- I found shell=Exploerer.exe in system.ini
>
>I have looked through the other postings, but am not sure if my explorer.exe is 
corrupt, 
>my computer has a virus, or if I should just reinstall my system altogether. Before 
>I proceed with anything drastic, I will also need to know how I can backup my existing 
>data...


http://www.trendmicro.com/vinfo/virusencyclo/default5.asp?VName=PE_BRID.A

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Hi Claudine, Did you recently install DirectX and rebooted when your menu bar and icons disappeared? James

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I have the same problem and it DID start after installing DirectX and restarting. I was installing the Visioneer MX230 digital camera drivers which i had just bought. After installing the drivers it prompted me to install DirectX which I clicked Yes to. I restarted and the trouble began. Suggestions?


On Saturday, June 21, 2003 at 11:27 pm, James wrote:
>
>Hi Claudine,
>
>Did you recently install DirectX and rebooted when your menu bar and icons disappeared?
>
>James

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I am having the same problem with my computer. Did you ever solve this problem? The most recent program I installed was Navigator 7.1. Then a week later, this problem comes up.


On Thursday, January 16, 2003 at 11:15 pm, claudine wrote:

>I have a question about How 
>do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes:

>
>My computer had been running normally the night before and was shut down properly. 
>I turned the computer on in the morning, everything seemed to be working fine, but 
>all that came up after startup was the desktop wallpaper and no icons or task bar. 
>When I did a ctrl+alt+del, the End Task window showed no tasks. I subsequently did 
>a ctrl+alt+del again to restart and did so in Safe Mode, producing the same results.
>The day previous, I did not do anything out of the ordinary, except installed a 
CD 
>Rom kids game (don't know if this would affect the performance.) I did not open/nor 
>receive any unknown "mysterious" e-mail either.
>
>I have consulted with an other newsgroup and had been suggested to:
> 1) "Restore a backup copy of the registry using ScanReg."
>-I tried doing this for the previous 2 days, with no results, on my third attempt, 
>the "...operation failed."
> 2) "Restart the system and hold down the CTRL key while the system is booting. 
This 
>will take you to the Boot Menu,select Command Prompt Only. Now type Edit C:\Windows\system.ini 
>and look for shell=progman.exe. If found chance to shell=Explorer.exe then save 
and 
>close."
>- I found shell=Exploerer.exe in system.ini
>
>I have looked through the other postings, but am not sure if my explorer.exe is 
corrupt, 
>my computer has a virus, or if I should just reinstall my system altogether. Before 
>I proceed with anything drastic, I will also need to know how I can backup my existing 
>data...

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Well, first I tried the suggestion of replacing the shell=explorer.exe in system.ini with shell=winfile.ini. I was surprised when that worked- well partially. Instead of just having the wallpaper, a program came up (winfile, i assume) that allowed me to browse [the Windows way, as opposed to DOS] through my hard drive. I was able to replace the explorer.exe file from the Win98SE cd by opening a program called SFC. The details were listed above i think. Explorer did work, but many programs would not run... In any case, I still had these other problems so I followed the suggestion of another helpsite to just reinstall Windows by simply setting the BIOS to boot from the CD and then running the Windows setup. So far all is good, if not better. Nothing got erased etc. I did have to reinstall the drivers for some devices. In order to get my monitor to display in 800x600, I had to reinstall my display drivers for my video card. I thought reinstalling Windows was supposed to be a last resort, but to me it did not seem bad at all- it seems to have cured some other problems that have accumulated over time too.


On Monday, August 11, 2003 at 2:31 pm, Gordon Simeona wrote:
>I am having the same problem with my computer. Did you ever solve this problem?
> The most recent program I installed was Navigator 7.1. Then a week later, this
>problem comes up.
>
>

[Reply or follow-up to this message]

Tried all the tips, but only a windows re-install over the old version worked.


On Thursday, January 16, 2003 at 11:29 pm, Carol wrote:

>
>That shell=Explorer can be replaced temporarily with either Winfile.exe shell or 
>Progman.exe. These instructions are for Winfile and will get you in, so that you 
>can replace Explorer with a new copy. That may be the problem, but I would think 
>you'd get an error message. It won't hurt anything to try.
>
>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 'system.ini' in DOS to temporarily replace the Explorer 
>shell with Winfile. Then you can access your start menu. 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 
>
>(Alternatively, you can place a semi-colon like this: ;shell=explorer.exe Then hit 
>enter and add the shell=winfile.exe line. Then you'd go back and undo, once you're 
>finished.)  
>
>>> 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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Sometimes that's what it takes is to reinstall over the top. Other times, just replacing Explorer.exe solves the problem.

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Carol I followed all you wrote but once I was in the file manager and ran sfc a message can back noting could not find file or components. What do I do from here..Thanks Cathy January 16, 2003 at 11:29 pm, Carol wrote:

>
>That shell=Explorer can be replaced temporarily with either Winfile.exe shell or 
>Progman.exe. These instructions are for Winfile and will get you in, so that you 
>can replace Explorer with a new copy. That may be the problem, but I would think 
>you'd get an error message. It won't hurt anything to try.
>
>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 'system.ini' in DOS to temporarily replace the Explorer 
>shell with Winfile. Then you can access your start menu. 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 
>
>(Alternatively, you can place a semi-colon like this: ;shell=explorer.exe Then hit 
>enter and add the shell=winfile.exe line. Then you'd go back and undo, once you're 
>finished.)  
>
>>> 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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Hi Cathy, it would have been better to post a new message, since this thread is so 
old. That way, others will see your post and may be able to help. I'm posting step 
by step instructions, since I see they weren't included in my post. If this doesn't 
work out, please post a new message and provide as many details as you can on your 
situation. You haven't said why you're doing this. You may need to do something else. 

Using Winfile isn't the only way to do this. It's a long way, but not difficult. 
There's a way to do it in MS DOS from the command prompts. If you've still got the 
Winfile shell loading and haven't changed things back, you may as well try this. 
Step by Step.

Insert your Win98 CD rom in your drive. Select START\RUN, type SFC in the 'Open' 
box and press enter. When System File Checker opens, select 'Extract One File from 
installation disk'. Now enter EXPLORER.EXE in the search box and press enter. When 
the 'Extract File' window opens, the 'Restore From' box should be set to your CD 
rom drive letter as X:\Win98. The 'Save file in:' box should read 'C:\Windows'. Now 
select 'OK' and follow the prompts. 

OR to restore from CABS 'Restore From' from should be: C:\windows\options\cabs.

   

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I have the same problem after installing a compactflash reader. The driver for the reader installed without problem. Then I got a message like: "install DirectX from CD?" I did and after a reboot no icns etc. ANymore suggestions? Thanks, Greg


On Sunday, August 17, 2003 at 1:51 am, yuds37 wrote:
>Well, first I tried the suggestion of replacing the shell=explorer.exe in system.ini
>with shell=winfile.ini. I was surprised when that worked- well partially. Instead
>of just having the wallpaper, a program came up (winfile, i assume) that allowed
>me to browse [the Windows way, as opposed to DOS] through my hard drive. I was able
>to replace the explorer.exe file from the Win98SE cd by opening a program called
>SFC. The details were listed above i think. Explorer did work, but many programs
>would not run...
>
>In any case, I still had these other problems so I followed the suggestion of another
>helpsite to just reinstall Windows by simply setting the BIOS to boot from the CD
>and then running the Windows setup. So far all is good, if not better. Nothing got
>erased etc. I did have to reinstall the drivers for some devices. In order to get
>my monitor to display in 800x600, I had to reinstall my display drivers for my video
>card. I thought reinstalling Windows was supposed to be a last resort, but to me
>it did not seem bad at all- it seems to have cured some other problems that have
>accumulated over time too.
>
>

[Reply or follow-up to this message]

My problem started after installing DirectX too - for a Coolpix 3100. Were you able to fix it? How did you do it? Thanks for any help you can give me.

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I'm having the same trouble as Claudine where desktop icons and the taskbar do not appear at startup in Win98SE. The problem seems to be with explorer which causes a fault in browseui.dll. I've replaced explorer from the Win98SE CD but it didn't make any difference. Claudine solved her problem by re installing Win98SE. I would do this only I have two Operating Systems ie Win98SE and WinXP. I cannot reinstall Win98 without reinstalling WinXP first (something to do with the boot). Has anybody got any information that could help me because the thought of losing all my files on XP and 98SE is awful. I don't have the problem of accessing Drive C (Win98SE) because I can do quite a bit through XP. I've tried fiddling with the ShellIconCache without result. I hope somebody can help me. Thank you Marian
>
>

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internet explorer and navigator, gives problem while running on the same computer,now what u can do is run a repair on your system.i am writing step by step mathod on how you can do that place the win98 cd on the top drive of your computer,and boot from the cd. it will give you options on what you can do. select install windows. and select save existing system files.go through this process.and u will not lose any data . your computer will be up and running.


On Monday, August 11, 2003 at 2:31 pm, Gordon Simeona wrote:
>I am having the same problem with my computer. Did you ever solve this problem?
> The most recent program I installed was Navigator 7.1. Then a week later, this
>problem comes up.
>
>

[Reply or follow-up to this message]

I had this problem on 2 boxes, it wasn't a virus or the DDM adware problem. This 
is how I resolved it.

It wasn't the registry
It wasn't a virus
It wasn't adware stuff.
It wasn't a faulty hard drive.
Hopefully you have an Internet connection to do this.

Boot Command Prompt only.
CD WINDOWS
EDIT SYSTEM.INI
Change shell=explorer.exe to shell=winfile.exe
ALT-F ALT-X (Save and Exit)
Boot Windows normally
Click File, Run C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ie6setup.exe
Download and re-install Internet Explorer.
Boot to command prompt and change your system.ini
file back to shell=explorer.exe

This isn't documented anywhere I have found but it resolved my background only and 
no icon/taskbar problem.

If you don't have an internet connection to do this,
manually run Ie6setup.exe from a working computer,
click custom, click adavanced, choose download only and choose all options. Burn 
this folder to a CD and copy to problem computer in WINFILE.

Good luck, was a painful 2-3 days internet search for me without a resolution, but 
the above fixes it.

CCN
Osterville, MA 
www.capecodnetworks.com





On Thursday, January 16, 2003 at 11:15 pm, claudine wrote:
>I have a question about How 
>do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes:

>
>My computer had been running normally the night before and was shut down properly. 
>I turned the computer on in the morning, everything seemed to be working fine, but 
>all that came up after startup was the desktop wallpaper and no icons or task bar. 
>When I did a ctrl+alt+del, the End Task window showed no tasks. I subsequently did 
>a ctrl+alt+del again to restart and did so in Safe Mode, producing the same results.
>The day previous, I did not do anything out of the ordinary, except installed a 
CD 
>Rom kids game (don't know if this would affect the performance.) I did not open/nor 
>receive any unknown "mysterious" e-mail either.
>
>I have consulted with an other newsgroup and had been suggested to:
> 1) "Restore a backup copy of the registry using ScanReg."
>-I tried doing this for the previous 2 days, with no results, on my third attempt, 
>the "...operation failed."
> 2) "Restart the system and hold down the CTRL key while the system is booting. 
This 
>will take you to the Boot Menu,select Command Prompt Only. Now type Edit C:\Windows\system.ini 
>and look for shell=progman.exe. If found chance to shell=Explorer.exe then save 
and 
>close."
>- I found shell=Exploerer.exe in system.ini
>
>I have looked through the other postings, but am not sure if my explorer.exe is 
corrupt, 
>my computer has a virus, or if I should just reinstall my system altogether. Before 
>I proceed with anything drastic, I will also need to know how I can backup my existing 
>data...

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This solution worked great on the first system, and should work on the next one. Thanks for the help! Ray


On Saturday, January 10, 2004 at 10:41 am, CCN wrote:

>I had this problem on 2 boxes, it wasn't a virus or the DDM adware problem. This 
>is how I resolved it.
>
>It wasn't the registry
>It wasn't a virus
>It wasn't adware stuff.
>It wasn't a faulty hard drive.
>Hopefully you have an Internet connection to do this.
>
>Boot Command Prompt only.
>CD WINDOWS
>EDIT SYSTEM.INI
>Change shell=explorer.exe to shell=winfile.exe
>ALT-F ALT-X (Save and Exit)
>Boot Windows normally
>Click File, Run C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ie6setup.exe
>Download and re-install Internet Explorer.
>Boot to command prompt and change your system.ini
>file back to shell=explorer.exe
>
>This isn't documented anywhere I have found but it resolved my background only and 
>no icon/taskbar problem.
>
>If you don't have an internet connection to do this,
>manually run Ie6setup.exe from a working computer,
>click custom, click adavanced, choose download only and choose all options. Burn 
>this folder to a CD and copy to problem computer in WINFILE.
>
>Good luck, was a painful 2-3 days internet search for me without a resolution, but 
>the above fixes it.
>
>CCN
>Osterville, MA 
>www.capecodnetworks.com
>

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What a help I got. Priceless! Suffered from the same issue you all had. Re-installing the IE fromfrom WINFILE fixed the Explorer, taskbar issues. Thanks a lot to the group who made my life easier. -Ajay


On Wednesday, January 14, 2004 at 3:25 pm, Ray wrote:
>
>This solution worked great on the first system, and should work on the next one.
>Thanks for the help!
>
>Ray
>

[Reply or follow-up to this message]

Thanks. It worked.


On Saturday, January 10, 2004 at 10:41 am, CCN wrote:

>I had this problem on 2 boxes, it wasn't a virus or the DDM adware problem. This 
>is how I resolved it.
>
>It wasn't the registry
>It wasn't a virus
>It wasn't adware stuff.
>It wasn't a faulty hard drive.
>Hopefully you have an Internet connection to do this.
>
>Boot Command Prompt only.
>CD WINDOWS
>EDIT SYSTEM.INI
>Change shell=explorer.exe to shell=winfile.exe
>ALT-F ALT-X (Save and Exit)
>Boot Windows normally
>Click File, Run C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ie6setup.exe
>Download and re-install Internet Explorer.
>Boot to command prompt and change your system.ini
>file back to shell=explorer.exe
>
>This isn't documented anywhere I have found but it resolved my background only and 
>no icon/taskbar problem.
>
>If you don't have an internet connection to do this,
>manually run Ie6setup.exe from a working computer,
>click custom, click adavanced, choose download only and choose all options. Burn 
>this folder to a CD and copy to problem computer in WINFILE.
>
>Good luck, was a painful 2-3 days internet search for me without a resolution, but 
>the above fixes it.
>
>CCN
>Osterville, MA 
>www.capecodnetworks.com
>

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Just would like to say thanks for the fix / i know this is an old post, but it fixed my problem--all i have to say is God Bless Google =)


On Saturday, January 10, 2004 at 10:41 am, CCN wrote:
>
>I had this problem on 2 boxes, it wasn't a virus or the DDM adware problem. This
>is how I resolved it.
>
>It wasn't the registry
>It wasn't a virus
>It wasn't adware stuff.
>It wasn't a faulty hard drive.
>Hopefully you have an Internet connection to do this.
>
>Boot Command Prompt only.
>CD WINDOWS
>EDIT SYSTEM.INI
>Change shell=explorer.exe to shell=winfile.exe
>ALT-F ALT-X (Save and Exit)
>Boot Windows normally
>Click File, Run C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ie6setup.exe
>Download and re-install Internet Explorer.
>Boot to command prompt and change your system.ini
>file back to shell=explorer.exe
>
>This isn't documented anywhere I have found but it resolved my background only and
>no icon/taskbar problem.
>
>If you don't have an internet connection to do this,
>manually run Ie6setup.exe from a working computer,
>click custom, click adavanced, choose download only and choose all options. Burn
>this folder to a CD and copy to problem computer in WINFILE.
>
>Good luck, was a painful 2-3 days internet search for me without a resolution, but
>the above fixes it.
>
>CCN
>Osterville, MA
>www.capecodnetworks.com
>

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This is a bit dated given the dates of the discussion... but I wish to give CCN a great big THANK YOU! for the information provided. I just had the same problem... paid a computer expert to fix it the first time (in 2003, took him quite a bit of time to figure out it was iexplore) but I'd forgotten that iexplore was the fix.... Yes, it happened again about 18 months later (last weekend), and I've restored explorer, all other seemingly corrupt files (setupx.dll?), but to no avail. The fix given by CCN did it for me. PC (win98SE) now up and running... thanks CCN! by the way, in my case, did not have internet connection, but ran ie6setup from within winfile, it asked me if I really wanted to load an older version of Iexplore, and I said yes.... then the rest worked for me. Good luck to anyone else lucky enough to find this message among all the advice on the web.... none of the other 50 suggestions I tried helped.


On Saturday, January 10, 2004 at 10:41 am, CCN wrote:
>
>I had this problem on 2 boxes, it wasn't a virus or the DDM adware problem. This
>is how I resolved it.
>
>It wasn't the registry
>It wasn't a virus
>It wasn't adware stuff.
>It wasn't a faulty hard drive.
>Hopefully you have an Internet connection to do this.
>
>Boot Command Prompt only.
>CD WINDOWS
>EDIT SYSTEM.INI
>Change shell=explorer.exe to shell=winfile.exe
>ALT-F ALT-X (Save and Exit)
>Boot Windows normally
>Click File, Run C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ie6setup.exe
>Download and re-install Internet Explorer.
>Boot to command prompt and change your system.ini
>file back to shell=explorer.exe
>
>This isn't documented anywhere I have found but it resolved my background only and
>no icon/taskbar problem.
>
>If you don't have an internet connection to do this,
>manually run Ie6setup.exe from a working computer,
>click custom, click adavanced, choose download only and choose all options. Burn
>this folder to a CD and copy to problem computer in WINFILE.
>
>Good luck, was a painful 2-3 days internet search for me without a resolution, but
>the above fixes it.
>
>CCN
>Osterville, MA
>www.capecodnetworks.com
>

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Thank you very much. This is one I will remember for as long as W98 is in existance


On Saturday, January 10, 2004 at 10:41 am, CCN wrote:
>
>I had this problem on 2 boxes, it wasn't a virus or the DDM adware problem. This
>is how I resolved it.
>
>It wasn't the registry
>It wasn't a virus
>It wasn't adware stuff.
>It wasn't a faulty hard drive.
>Hopefully you have an Internet connection to do this.
>
>Boot Command Prompt only.
>CD WINDOWS
>EDIT SYSTEM.INI
>Change shell=explorer.exe to shell=winfile.exe
>ALT-F ALT-X (Save and Exit)
>Boot Windows normally
>Click File, Run C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ie6setup.exe
>Download and re-install Internet Explorer.
>Boot to command prompt and change your system.ini
>file back to shell=explorer.exe
>
>This isn't documented anywhere I have found but it resolved my background only and
>no icon/taskbar problem.
>
>If you don't have an internet connection to do this,
>manually run Ie6setup.exe from a working computer,
>click custom, click adavanced, choose download only and choose all options. Burn
>this folder to a CD and copy to problem computer in WINFILE.
>
>Good luck, was a painful 2-3 days internet search for me without a resolution, but
>the above fixes it.
>
>CCN
>Osterville, MA
>www.capecodnetworks.com
>

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Hi, CNN! Your solution helped me get a computer running for my teen daughter who has a form schizophrenia and needed the outlet of having her own computer running again. You are a life-saver in my household and I just wanted to thank you! David~


On Saturday, January 10, 2004 at 10:41 am, CCN wrote:
>
>I had this problem on 2 boxes, it wasn't a virus or the DDM adware problem. This
>is how I resolved it.
>
>It wasn't the registry
>It wasn't a virus
>It wasn't adware stuff.
>It wasn't a faulty hard drive.
>Hopefully you have an Internet connection to do this.
>
>Boot Command Prompt only.
>CD WINDOWS
>EDIT SYSTEM.INI
>Change shell=explorer.exe to shell=winfile.exe
>ALT-F ALT-X (Save and Exit)
>Boot Windows normally
>Click File, Run C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\ie6setup.exe
>Download and re-install Internet Explorer.
>Boot to command prompt and change your system.ini
>file back to shell=explorer.exe
>
>This isn't documented anywhere I have found but it resolved my background only and
>no icon/taskbar problem.
>
>If you don't have an internet connection to do this,
>manually run Ie6setup.exe from a working computer,
>click custom, click adavanced, choose download only and choose all options. Burn
>this folder to a CD and copy to problem computer in WINFILE.
>
>Good luck, was a painful 2-3 days internet search for me without a resolution, but
>the above fixes it.
>
>CCN
>Osterville, MA
>www.capecodnetworks.com
>

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