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re: I have a corrupted explorer.exe file
Tuesday, July 12, 2005 at 11:35 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by dyer85
(2 messages posted)
Thanks everyone, I managed to get the problem fixed by uninstalling and reinstalling
SP2 about a month ago.
Thanks for the valuable info on how to run system restore from the command line as
well, I never knew where the executable was.
On Sunday, February 20, 2005 at 1:51 am, dyer85 wrote:
>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-
>
>
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