"David" wrote in message
...

What my Win98SE does not have is a functioning Windows Explorer.
I can't use it. Any time I, or
a program, tries to use it, the computer crashes. Soooo, I thought an
up-grade might replace that faulty component, and yet not be too large for
my
old computer AND allow me to run the older programs I'm so hooked on. An
up-grade to Win2000 (that IS different from Windows NT, isn't it?) may
allow
an "intermediate up-grade" and, at the same time, replace my faulty
"Windows
Explorer".

EXPLORE.EXE is not a "component" of the Win98
Operating System so much as its core -- the essential
central part that enables the peripheral parts to work.
You may be able to repair yours by running the year 2004
Upgrade/Security disk or any of several service upgrades.
We do not know. That is why your fastest route to a serviceable
PC is to reinstal Win98SE which takes about 45 minutes.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)