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error loading explorer.exe. SHLWAPI.dll
I have a PC that i installed Win98SE on and then went on to install IE6. This
PC is not on the internet and the only reason i need the IE6 was because i have a HP Deskjet 3745 that needed a version of IE that was over version 5. After about a week of the PC running ok, it was rebooted and came up with the error: Error loading explorer.exe. You must reinstall Windows After clicking to get past this another error popped up saying; Error starting program C:\windows\system\SHLWAPI.dll not found I have read through other fixes for this and as of yet have not tried any because i am trying to find out what version of the above file i should have. Before i installed IE6 i had version 5.00.2614.3500 and after installing IE6 i had version 6.00.2660.0000. This looks to me like a newer version, and so i cannot see why it is causing a problem. Surely me extracting the original file from the Win98SE CD will make the file too old. I am getting very confused with all this. And any help as to how to get the PC booted up and working would be great. If i reinstall Windows98SE i still need to have my printer working and so will need IE6 again. This in turn will cause the same problem. Please help me! Gary |
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SHLWAPI.DLL
Desc: Shell Light-weight Utility Library Loc: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM Size: 394,752 bytes Mod: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 06:48:42 PM Ver: 6.00.2800.1552 That's mine in IE6 SP1, fully updated. I KNOW it is updated beyond what SP1 provides, by the IE Cumulative critical update(s) at "START, Windows Update", as I have run SFC after taking them. Perhaps it is best for you to do the following. Afterwards, go to Windows Update, & hopefully the latest Cumulative will come in to update it to what I have. Explorer & IE are basically one & the same. Therefore, may as well try this write-up, originally from a Gateway WEB site, which is a temporary reversion to an earlier version of IE... ONE THING: Do nothing more than stated here using Winfile, because, if you move a file with it, you will lose that file's LFN (Long File Name) in the destination. Desktop Icons and Taskbar Are Missing Affected Products: Software, System CDs Affected Operating Systems: Windows® 98 , Windows® 98 SE, Windows® Me ISSUE: After starting Microsoft® Windows® 98 or Windows Me, the taskbar is missing and there are no icons. When starting Windows, the taskbar may flash on for a brief second and then disappear. The only display visible is the background wallpaper and the mouse cursor. Pressing CTRL+ALT+DELETE brings up the Close Program dialog box, but selecting End Task on the items on the list may not have an effect. When the computer is started into Safe mode, the issue still occurs. Running Scanreg /Restore does not resolve the issue. There have been several reports that the issue occurred when restarting the computer after receiving a dialog box that displays "Virus/spyware found. Do you wish to remove?" or "Do you want to install Spyware Monitor?" The dialog box only has Yes or No selections, and selecting either can cause the issue. There is no X to close the dialog box, however pressing CTRL+ALT+DELETE to bring up the Close Program dialog box lists a "Remove found spyware?" entry, which can be end tasked. (1) Press CTRL+ALT+DELETE, & click Shut Down. (2) After the computer has been shut down, turn on the computer. Hold CTRL as you boot for the Startup Menu, or begin pressing the F8 key in one-second intervals. If you complete this step successfully, the Microsoft Windows Startup Menu is displayed. If no menu is displayed and Windows starts up normally, repeat this step. (3) At the Microsoft Windows Startup Menu, use the ARROW keys to select "Command Prompt Only", and then press the ENTER key. (4) At the command prompt, type: EDIT C:\Windows\System.ini Press ENTER. (3) In the C:\Windows\SYSTEM.INI file, locate the line of text under the [boot] section that lists "Shell=Explorer.exe". This is typically the third line in the file. (4) Edit the "Shell=Explorer.exe" line by deleting the "Explorer.exe" text and replacing it with "Winfile.exe". The line should list the following: Shell=Winfile.exe (5) To save the changes, press the ALT+F keys. (6) A menu displays in the upper left corner of the screen. Press the X key to exit. (7) Press ENTER to save the changes and return to the command prompt. (TAB would move you to the next button.) (8) At the command prompt, restart the computer by pressing the CTRL+ALT+DELETE keys. Once Windows has restarted, it starts into the Windows File Manager (Winfile.exe). (9) In the File Manager window, double-click "progra~1" in the left hand window to open the Program Files folder. (10) Double-click "intern~1" in the left hand window to open the Internet Explorer folder. (11) Double-click "setup" in the left hand window to open the Setup folder. (12) In the File Manager window, double-click "Setup.exe" in the right hand window to launch Internet Explorer setup. NOTE: If the setup folder is not available, Internet Explorer has not been updated and a previous version of Internet Explorer cannot be restored. You cannot use this method. Close "Winfile", shut down, & post back, or try the URL at the very bottom of this post, which is an over-install of IE. (13) In the Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Tools Setup window, click OK. (14) In the Setup Message dialog box, click Yes to restore the previous version of Internet Explorer. (15) Internet Explorer setup removes components. (16) In the Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Tools - Restart Windows dialog box, click Restart Windows. When the computer is restarting, hold CTRL for the Startup Menu, or begin pressing the F8 key in one-second intervals. If you complete this step successfully, the Microsoft Windows Startup Menu is displayed. If no menu is displayed and Windows starts up normally, repeat this step. (17) At the Microsoft Windows Startup Menu, use the ARROW keys to select Command prompt only, and then press ENTER. (18) At the command prompt, type: EDIT C:\Windows\System.ini Press ENTER. (19) In the C:\Windows\SYSTEM.INI file, locate the line of text under the [boot] section that lists "Shell=Winfile.exe". This is typically the third line in the file. (20) Edit the "Shell=Winfile.exe" line by deleting the "Winfile.exe" text and replacing it with "Explorer.exe". The line should list the following: Shell=Explorer.exe (21) To save the changes, press the ALT+F keys. (22) A menu displays in the upper left corner of the screen. Press the X key to exit. (23) Press ENTER to save the changes and return to the command prompt. (TAB would move you to the next button.) (24) At the command prompt, restart the computer by pressing the CTRL+ALT+DELETE keys (25) Windows starts to a blue screen, but will still be accessing the hard drive for a period of time. When finished, Windows is on the desktop with icons, but an older version of Internet Explorer is installed. You should update your antivirus software, and then perform Windows Update to install a new version of Internet Explorer again. ....snip http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];249191 Blank Desktop or Illegal Operations Error Message After You Install Internet Explorer. This is a temporary reversion to an earlier IE, IF that option is present. http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=293174 Over-Install IE in Progman. This is an over-install of IE. I have a detailed write-up for it, if you want. -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "Gary" wrote in message ... | I have a PC that i installed Win98SE on and then went on to install IE6. This | PC is not on the internet and the only reason i need the IE6 was because i | have a HP Deskjet 3745 that needed a version of IE that was over version 5. | After about a week of the PC running ok, it was rebooted and came up with the | error: | | Error loading explorer.exe. You must reinstall Windows | | After clicking to get past this another error popped up saying; | | Error starting program | C:\windows\system\SHLWAPI.dll not found | | I have read through other fixes for this and as of yet have not tried any | because i am trying to find out what version of the above file i should have. | Before i installed IE6 i had version 5.00.2614.3500 and after installing IE6 | i had version 6.00.2660.0000. This looks to me like a newer version, and so i | cannot see why it is causing a problem. Surely me extracting the original | file from the Win98SE CD will make the file too old. I am getting very | confused with all this. And any help as to how to get the PC booted up and | working would be great. If i reinstall Windows98SE i still need to have my | printer working and so will need IE6 again. This in turn will cause the same | problem. Please help me! | | Gary | |
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Ok, it is all well and good to revert back to an earlier version of IE but i
need it to be higher than IE5 in order for my printer to work. So what would be the best thing to do? 1/ Revert back to IE5 and then update to IE5.5, 2/ Revert to IE5, update to IE6 and then change the SHLWAPI.dll back to the one from IE5, 3/ Get the PC booted to Winfile or Progman and extract the file needed out of the original CAB files on the Win98SE CD. Is there any way that i can download any security updates from Windows Update to my PC and then put them onto a CD to put on the faulty machine. "PCR" wrote: SHLWAPI.DLL Desc: Shell Light-weight Utility Library Loc: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM Size: 394,752 bytes Mod: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 06:48:42 PM Ver: 6.00.2800.1552 That's mine in IE6 SP1, fully updated. I KNOW it is updated beyond what SP1 provides, by the IE Cumulative critical update(s) at "START, Windows Update", as I have run SFC after taking them. Perhaps it is best for you to do the following. Afterwards, go to Windows Update, & hopefully the latest Cumulative will come in to update it to what I have. Explorer & IE are basically one & the same. Therefore, may as well try this write-up, originally from a Gateway WEB site, which is a temporary reversion to an earlier version of IE... ONE THING: Do nothing more than stated here using Winfile, because, if you move a file with it, you will lose that file's LFN (Long File Name) in the destination. Desktop Icons and Taskbar Are Missing Affected Products: Software, System CDs Affected Operating Systems: Windows® 98 , Windows® 98 SE, Windows® Me ISSUE: After starting Microsoft® Windows® 98 or Windows Me, the taskbar is missing and there are no icons. When starting Windows, the taskbar may flash on for a brief second and then disappear. The only display visible is the background wallpaper and the mouse cursor. Pressing CTRL+ALT+DELETE brings up the Close Program dialog box, but selecting End Task on the items on the list may not have an effect. When the computer is started into Safe mode, the issue still occurs. Running Scanreg /Restore does not resolve the issue. There have been several reports that the issue occurred when restarting the computer after receiving a dialog box that displays "Virus/spyware found. Do you wish to remove?" or "Do you want to install Spyware Monitor?" The dialog box only has Yes or No selections, and selecting either can cause the issue. There is no X to close the dialog box, however pressing CTRL+ALT+DELETE to bring up the Close Program dialog box lists a "Remove found spyware?" entry, which can be end tasked. (1) Press CTRL+ALT+DELETE, & click Shut Down. (2) After the computer has been shut down, turn on the computer. Hold CTRL as you boot for the Startup Menu, or begin pressing the F8 key in one-second intervals. If you complete this step successfully, the Microsoft Windows Startup Menu is displayed. If no menu is displayed and Windows starts up normally, repeat this step. (3) At the Microsoft Windows Startup Menu, use the ARROW keys to select "Command Prompt Only", and then press the ENTER key. (4) At the command prompt, type: EDIT C:\Windows\System.ini Press ENTER. (3) In the C:\Windows\SYSTEM.INI file, locate the line of text under the [boot] section that lists "Shell=Explorer.exe". This is typically the third line in the file. (4) Edit the "Shell=Explorer.exe" line by deleting the "Explorer.exe" text and replacing it with "Winfile.exe". The line should list the following: Shell=Winfile.exe (5) To save the changes, press the ALT+F keys. (6) A menu displays in the upper left corner of the screen. Press the X key to exit. (7) Press ENTER to save the changes and return to the command prompt. (TAB would move you to the next button.) (8) At the command prompt, restart the computer by pressing the CTRL+ALT+DELETE keys. Once Windows has restarted, it starts into the Windows File Manager (Winfile.exe). (9) In the File Manager window, double-click "progra~1" in the left hand window to open the Program Files folder. (10) Double-click "intern~1" in the left hand window to open the Internet Explorer folder. (11) Double-click "setup" in the left hand window to open the Setup folder. (12) In the File Manager window, double-click "Setup.exe" in the right hand window to launch Internet Explorer setup. NOTE: If the setup folder is not available, Internet Explorer has not been updated and a previous version of Internet Explorer cannot be restored. You cannot use this method. Close "Winfile", shut down, & post back, or try the URL at the very bottom of this post, which is an over-install of IE. (13) In the Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Tools Setup window, click OK. (14) In the Setup Message dialog box, click Yes to restore the previous version of Internet Explorer. (15) Internet Explorer setup removes components. (16) In the Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Tools - Restart Windows dialog box, click Restart Windows. When the computer is restarting, hold CTRL for the Startup Menu, or begin pressing the F8 key in one-second intervals. If you complete this step successfully, the Microsoft Windows Startup Menu is displayed. If no menu is displayed and Windows starts up normally, repeat this step. (17) At the Microsoft Windows Startup Menu, use the ARROW keys to select Command prompt only, and then press ENTER. (18) At the command prompt, type: EDIT C:\Windows\System.ini Press ENTER. (19) In the C:\Windows\SYSTEM.INI file, locate the line of text under the [boot] section that lists "Shell=Winfile.exe". This is typically the third line in the file. (20) Edit the "Shell=Winfile.exe" line by deleting the "Winfile.exe" text and replacing it with "Explorer.exe". The line should list the following: Shell=Explorer.exe (21) To save the changes, press the ALT+F keys. (22) A menu displays in the upper left corner of the screen. Press the X key to exit. (23) Press ENTER to save the changes and return to the command prompt. (TAB would move you to the next button.) (24) At the command prompt, restart the computer by pressing the CTRL+ALT+DELETE keys (25) Windows starts to a blue screen, but will still be accessing the hard drive for a period of time. When finished, Windows is on the desktop with icons, but an older version of Internet Explorer is installed. You should update your antivirus software, and then perform Windows Update to install a new version of Internet Explorer again. ....snip http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];249191 Blank Desktop or Illegal Operations Error Message After You Install Internet Explorer. This is a temporary reversion to an earlier IE, IF that option is present. http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=293174 Over-Install IE in Progman. This is an over-install of IE. I have a detailed write-up for it, if you want. -- Thanks or Good Luck, There may be humor in this post, and, Naturally, you will not sue, should things get worse after this, PCR "Gary" wrote in message ... | I have a PC that i installed Win98SE on and then went on to install IE6. This | PC is not on the internet and the only reason i need the IE6 was because i | have a HP Deskjet 3745 that needed a version of IE that was over version 5. | After about a week of the PC running ok, it was rebooted and came up with the | error: | | Error loading explorer.exe. You must reinstall Windows | | After clicking to get past this another error popped up saying; | | Error starting program | C:\windows\system\SHLWAPI.dll not found | | I have read through other fixes for this and as of yet have not tried any | because i am trying to find out what version of the above file i should have. | Before i installed IE6 i had version 5.00.2614.3500 and after installing IE6 | i had version 6.00.2660.0000. This looks to me like a newer version, and so i | cannot see why it is causing a problem. Surely me extracting the original | file from the Win98SE CD will make the file too old. I am getting very | confused with all this. And any help as to how to get the PC booted up and | working would be great. If i reinstall Windows98SE i still need to have my | printer working and so will need IE6 again. This in turn will cause the same | problem. Please help me! | | Gary | |
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Why do you think reinstalling IE6 will cause the same proble? Your error message
says "SHLWAPI.dll not found"....that means it is missing. You need to reinstall IE6 to get it back: Recovering From a Failed Internet Explorer Upgrade in Windows 98: http://tinyurl.com/r5ba Especially this section at the end, if you cannot get Windows to load: "If you still have boot problems after you reboot, you should use the command prompt to edit the c:\windows\system.ini file. On the command line type edit c:\windows\system.ini. "Once it is open, change the line shell=explorer.exe to shell=progman.exe. What you are doing here is changing the default shell (that is having problems) from the Windows Explorer to the old Windows Program Manager shell. "Reboot Windows. It should now successfully boot with no errors into an empty Program Manager shell. Use the File | Run | Browse drop down menu selection to browse to c:\program files\internet explorer and launch ie5setup.exe or ie6setup.exe (depending on what is there). Do a custom install and check all the Bold faced options. When the setup program alerts you that these files are already installed, tell it to reinstall all of the files. "When the Internet Explorer Setup program is done and reboots, hit the F8 key to bring up a Boot Menu. Choose Command Prompt and boot to the command prompt. Once there, type edit c:\windows\system.ini and, once it is open, change the line shell=progman.exe back to shell=explorer.exe. Save and exit the file. You have now set the shell back to the original value." -- Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm "Gary" wrote in message ... I have a PC that i installed Win98SE on and then went on to install IE6. This PC is not on the internet and the only reason i need the IE6 was because i have a HP Deskjet 3745 that needed a version of IE that was over version 5. After about a week of the PC running ok, it was rebooted and came up with the error: Error loading explorer.exe. You must reinstall Windows After clicking to get past this another error popped up saying; Error starting program C:\windows\system\SHLWAPI.dll not found I have read through other fixes for this and as of yet have not tried any because i am trying to find out what version of the above file i should have. Before i installed IE6 i had version 5.00.2614.3500 and after installing IE6 i had version 6.00.2660.0000. This looks to me like a newer version, and so i cannot see why it is causing a problem. Surely me extracting the original file from the Win98SE CD will make the file too old. I am getting very confused with all this. And any help as to how to get the PC booted up and working would be great. If i reinstall Windows98SE i still need to have my printer working and so will need IE6 again. This in turn will cause the same problem. Please help me! Gary |
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