Jack,

Neither of my Win Me PCs have a newer version of shell32.dll than
v5.50.4134.100 and they are fully patched.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP




Jack E Martinelli wrote:

The shell32.dll on this up-to-date WinME machine is ver.
5.50.4134.100, Modified 6/8/2000.
If yours is different, you may wish to seek a newer one at MS.
AFAIK, At least one Win Update KB involves this file.

The uninstallation of the Norton tools may have reinstalled an older
version.

If no joy, see the several articles in the MS KB which reference
shell32.dll,
and ...
Win Explorer Errors
http://www.generation.net/~hleboeuf/errexplo.htm
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