http://search.support.microsoft.com/...SD=GN&LN=EN-US MSKB
Search "EXPLORER caused"; Windows 98; Full Text; Exact Phrase; produces
many, including...

http://support.microsoft.com/default...96&Product=w98
Error Message When You Open a New Folder
(259096) - When you attempt do any of the following:Open a new window in
Microsoft Internet Explorer -or- Create a new folder on the desktop, or
in Windows Explorer, and then attempt to open the folder. You may
receive the following error message: EXPLORER...

http://support.microsoft.com/default...09&Product=w98
Explorer Caused an Invalid Page Fault in Module...
(191609) - When you start your Windows 98-based or Windows Millennium
Edition-based computer, you may receive the following error message:
Explorer: This program has performed an illegal operation and will be
shut down. If the problem persists, contact the...

http://support.microsoft.com/default...22&Product=w98
Err Msg: Explorer Caused a Page Fault in Module Shell32.dll
(148322) - When you try to open My Computer, Control Panel, or the
Printers folder, you may receive one of the following error messages:
Explorer caused an invalid page fault in module Shell32.dll. -or-
Explorer caused a divide error in module Shell32.dll.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...52&Product=w98
Err Msg: Explorer Caused an Invalid Page Fault in Shell32.dll at
015f:7fce85c0
(222952) - When you are using the Novell IntraNetWare client (Client32
version 3.x) to log on and off a Novell NetWare 5 network, you may
receive the following error message: EXPLORER caused an Invalid Page
Fault in module SHELL32.DLL at address


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Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR

"Rogerinthecity" wrote in
message ...
| I have helped a friend get their Gateway desktop with windows 98
cleaned up.
| I have run Mcafee, reinstalled all software and had one error message
showing
| up - "bss5x"
| I was advised here it is adware and to try and clear with spybot. Ran
| spybot and found 322 ad files. Ran again and found 32 more. When i
went to
| delete the files, system crashed. When I boot, i get to a screen that
says
| "illegal Explorer error"and can go no further.
|
| Is there any software i can buy to totally clear this harddrive and
start
| over. This person used unsafe websites.
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| Roger