Problems with Explorer

I an having difficulties with explorer that resemble the
ones "jackson" has. When you click on something that
requires explorer to open it (ex. Control Panel, My
Computer, C drive etc.) it says explorer has preformed an
illegal operation and will be shut down. Afterward it will
say "An error has occurred in Internet Explorer. Internet
Explorer will now close. If you continue to experience
problems, please restart your computer." Too bad that does
jack sh**. I continue to have this problem, and i have a
couple friends who are having the same thing happen. Could
someone please reply to this if you know how to fix this?
Everyone be aware this might be becoming a wide-spread
problem

I had the same problem where I couldn't open My Computer
or Explore. I found a link which told me how to take the
PC back in time. Basically search Windows folder for
Scanreg.ini, then open it (should open in Notepad). Look
for the line of text which shows Backup=. I changed my
number to 10 then saved the changes. You then click Start
and take the option to Restart in MSDOS. At the prompt
type scanreg /restore hit enter, you should now see a
blue screen showing dates. Scroll down to find a date
prior to when you first had the problem choose this date
and enter. You PC should then revert back to that date,
well it worked for me....Good Luck
-----Original Message-----
I an having difficulties with explorer that resemble the
ones "jackson" has. When you click on something that
requires explorer to open it (ex. Control Panel, My
Computer, C drive etc.) it says explorer has preformed
an
illegal operation and will be shut down. Afterward it
will
say "An error has occurred in Internet Explorer.
Internet
Explorer will now close. If you continue to experience
problems, please restart your computer." Too bad that
does
jack sh**. I continue to have this problem, and i have a
couple friends who are having the same thing happen.
Could
someone please reply to this if you know how to fix this?
Everyone be aware this might be becoming a wide-spread
problem
.

Your directions are partially faulty. Changing the scanreg.ini file only
changes the amount of backed up copies of the registry that are
maintained--the default number is five. When you open scanreg to restore a
copy of the registry, only the latest five copies will be displayed. You
have to do a manual manipulation to get one of the earlier copies.

--
Regards

Ron Badour, MS MVP for W98
Tips: http://home.satx.rr.com/badour
Knowledge Base Info:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbinfo

"Ray Taylor" wrote in message
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I had the same problem where I couldn't open My Computer
or Explore. I found a link which told me how to take the
PC back in time. Basically search Windows folder for
Scanreg.ini, then open it (should open in Notepad). Look
for the line of text which shows Backup=. I changed my
number to 10 then saved the changes. You then click Start
and take the option to Restart in MSDOS. At the prompt
type scanreg /restore hit enter, you should now see a
blue screen showing dates. Scroll down to find a date
prior to when you first had the problem choose this date
and enter. You PC should then revert back to that date,
well it worked for me....Good Luck
-----Original Message-----
I an having difficulties with explorer that resemble the
ones "jackson" has. When you click on something that
requires explorer to open it (ex. Control Panel, My
Computer, C drive etc.) it says explorer has preformed
an
illegal operation and will be shut down. Afterward it
will
say "An error has occurred in Internet Explorer.
Internet
Explorer will now close. If you continue to experience
problems, please restart your computer." Too bad that
does
jack sh**. I continue to have this problem, and i have a
couple friends who are having the same thing happen.
Could
someone please reply to this if you know how to fix this?
Everyone be aware this might be becoming a wide-spread
problem
.