re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' Friday, July 19, 2002 at 8:42 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by Martin (43 messages posted) I would first reinstall 'AdsOff', and then uninstall it properly using 'Add/Remove Programs'. I don't know the programme (I just close the pop-up each time one appears - it's very simple and requires no software!) but it sounds as if it's not XP compatible anyway.... Martin On Friday, July 19, 2002 at 7:29 am, Winston Robin Lewis wrote: >I have a question about How >do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes: > >Recently i upgraded from Win Me to Windows Xp Professional. Before when i was using >Me i had once installed Ads Off to kill the popups that appear during browsing. Then >i didnt like it so i uninstalled it. There was no problem in ME. But now after installing >Xp a dialog box appears saying - > >w32sock.dll not found ! >AdsOff cant run ! >Please see our help files. > >This happens when-- > >1) I right click on my Desktop >2) I select a html page in explorer > >When i click ok the explorer restarts. This is causing a lot of problems and its >very frustrating. I saw in Add/Remove programs but ads off is not listed there. There >is no program folder for it in Program Files either nor are there any keys related >to ads off or its company in the registry. I think this problem is somehow related >to IE. But i cant uninstall IE either. > > Written in response to: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Winston Robin Lewis: Friday, July 19, 2002 at 7:29 am) Responses to this message: re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Winston Robin Lewis: Saturday, July 20, 2002 at 6:42 am) re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Diego: Monday, May 12, 2003 at 2:41 am) All messages in this thread [show all] Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Winston Robin Lewis: Fri, Jul 19, 2002, 7:29 am) re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Martin: Fri, Jul 19, 2002, 8:42 am) re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Winston Robin Lewis: Sat, Jul 20, 2002, 6:42 am) re: Question about 'How do get the taskbar and desktop back if Explorer crashes' (Diego: Mon, May 12, 2003, 2:41 am) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum