Hello. My first time posting here!

A while ago, I used a resource hacker to edit the decompiled source of explorer.exe 
in order to change the start button text (I had SP1 at the time). Everything worked 
out just fine. Recently, I upgraded to SP2. I decided to overwrite the new explorer.exe 
with the altered one (which was SP 1), not even thinking about it. Now, the task 
bar and icons will not launch. When logging in (normally), Explorer terminates, and 
I have to launch applications through the task manager. I am unable to get to system 
restore (I no longer have a recovery console). How can I get a pristine copy of explorer.exe. 
Can someone running XP Professional with SP2 give me their copy?

I also didn't understand what was meant about re-applying the service pack; please 
forgive me, as I'm a little n00bish in this area of troubleshooting. I would greatly 
appreciate any help!

Thank you,
+CurTis-







On Monday, January 10, 2005 at 8:08 pm, Valentin wrote:

>I had a similar problem. I tried different things but unsuccessfully. Then found 

>information on the microsoft website. It might be Norton CleanSweep creating the 

>problem if you have it installed. After I uninstalled it the problem desappeared 

>(so far), and I hope it will not return. 

>

>Good luck. 

>

>

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