mcafee quickclean

I accidentally deleted an important file using quickclean. As a result
when windows loads, I only get my background, then I get a windows
explorer page fault. Does anybody know how I can go into dos and
restore to before my accident. I have twice tried to reinstall windows
98 and I get the same problem.
thank you
Seth

Do you know what file you deleted, or did you delete more than just one?
Do you get the same blank desktop and error message if you start in Safe Mode?
-Start the computer and hold down the CTRL key till the Windows 98 Startup menu
(boot menu) appears.
-Use the arrow keys to select "Safe Mode" and press Enter.

If so, follow the procedures here, or skip down to the next link and follow those:
Blank Desktop or Illegal Operations Error Message After You Install Internet
Explorer:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=kb;en-us;249191

If those procedures do not help, have a look he
Recovering From a Failed Internet Explorer Upgrade in Windows 98:
http://www.cs.bsu.edu/~gjjones/admin...nd ows98.html
or
http://tinyurl.com/r5ba

Especially this section at the end:

"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


"seth" wrote in message
ups.com...
I accidentally deleted an important file using quickclean. As a result
when windows loads, I only get my background, then I get a windows
explorer page fault. Does anybody know how I can go into dos and
restore to before my accident. I have twice tried to reinstall windows
98 and I get the same problem.
thank you
Seth

I am not sure exactly which program I deleted. I have tried all of the
solutions that you and the pages you linked to suggested. No luck. I
cannot install ie.6 because it is missing components(SHLWAPI.DLL:437.)
I have tried to restore this like I did the other files but cannot
because the file has an invalid extension.I cannot install my old ie5
from my cd because I have a better version already installed.
The error message that I get when windows tries to load and my
background is showing is that explorer has caused an invalid page fault
at explorer.exe
Thank you very much for your help!
Seth

I do not understand....what invalid extension? The file you mention is shlwapi.dll,
the 437 is not part of the file name at all. What is the exact error message you
receive concerning these "missing components", and when are you getting the message
exactly?

If you follow the procedure at http://tinyurl.com/r5ba particularly the section at
the end, and choose a 'Custom' installation of IE6, then select only those
components that you had previously, what happens?

Do you have IE6 on a CD?

Another option is to start with ProgMan as the shell, then use the Run dialog and
paste in this command:
RUNDLL32 SETUPWBV.DLL,IE6Maintenance
In the box that appears, select "Restore the previous Windows configuration", then
when complete and rebooted, install IE6 SP1 fresh, from CD if you have it.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"seth" wrote in message
oups.com...
I am not sure exactly which program I deleted. I have tried all of the
solutions that you and the pages you linked to suggested. No luck. I
cannot install ie.6 because it is missing components(SHLWAPI.DLL:437.)
I have tried to restore this like I did the other files but cannot
because the file has an invalid extension.I cannot install my old ie5
from my cd because I have a better version already installed.
The error message that I get when windows tries to load and my
background is showing is that explorer has caused an invalid page fault
at explorer.exe
Thank you very much for your help!
Seth

glee wrote:
I do not understand....what invalid extension? The file you mention
is shlwapi.dll,
the 437 is not part of the file name at all. What is the exact error
message you
receive concerning these "missing components", and when are you
getting the message
exactly?

If you follow the procedure at http://tinyurl.com/r5ba particularly
the section at
the end, and choose a 'Custom' installation of IE6, then select only
those
components that you had previously, what happens?

Do you have IE6 on a CD?

Another option is to start with ProgMan as the shell, then use the
Run dialog and
paste in this command:
RUNDLL32 SETUPWBV.DLL,IE6Maintenance
In the box that appears, select "Restore the previous Windows
configuration", then
when complete and rebooted, install IE6 SP1 fresh, from CD if you
have it.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"seth" wrote in message
oups.com...
I am not sure exactly which program I deleted. I have tried all of
the
solutions that you and the pages you linked to suggested. No luck.
I
cannot install ie.6 because it is missing
components(SHLWAPI.DLL:437.)
I have tried to restore this like I did the other files but cannot
because the file has an invalid extension.I cannot install my old
ie5
from my cd because I have a better version already installed.
The error message that I get when windows tries to load and my
background is showing is that explorer has caused an invalid page
fault
at explorer.exe
Thank you very much for your help!
Seth
I apologise, I tried to run ie6 and it did not work. Windows said
that the SHLWAPI.DLL file was missing. That is when I got that
message. I have retried to move the files mentioned on the windows
help link you gave me this time from both the c:Cabs and the Windows
disk. SFC says that the files have been moved, but I.E 6 cannot
install because it says that it is missing the uninstall file. I only
have ie5 on cd and it will not work because I have ie6 on. Program
manager causes a page fault when I try and run it as a shell. I have
tried to run ie6setup.exe from dos and am told that I am missing files
them as well. I have tried all the options on all of the links that
you sent me and explorer always aborts it's installation due to a
missing file. I have a gateway system restoration CD. What will the
install/delete Windows function do. Previous to my posting of this
message I tried the install windows function twice. The program sped
through the options, giving me no time to choose and the original
explorer fault in explorer.exe still happened.
Thank you very much!
Seth

"seth" wrote in message
ps.com...

glee wrote:
I do not understand....what invalid extension? The file you mention
is shlwapi.dll,
the 437 is not part of the file name at all. What is the exact error
message you
receive concerning these "missing components", and when are you
getting the message
exactly?

If you follow the procedure at http://tinyurl.com/r5ba particularly
the section at
the end, and choose a 'Custom' installation of IE6, then select only
those
components that you had previously, what happens?

Do you have IE6 on a CD?

Another option is to start with ProgMan as the shell, then use the
Run dialog and
paste in this command:
RUNDLL32 SETUPWBV.DLL,IE6Maintenance
In the box that appears, select "Restore the previous Windows
configuration", then
when complete and rebooted, install IE6 SP1 fresh, from CD if you
have it.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"seth" wrote in message
oups.com...
I am not sure exactly which program I deleted. I have tried all of
the
solutions that you and the pages you linked to suggested. No luck.
I
cannot install ie.6 because it is missing
components(SHLWAPI.DLL:437.)
I have tried to restore this like I did the other files but cannot
because the file has an invalid extension.I cannot install my old
ie5
from my cd because I have a better version already installed.
The error message that I get when windows tries to load and my
background is showing is that explorer has caused an invalid page
fault
at explorer.exe
Thank you very much for your help!
Seth
I apologise, I tried to run ie6 and it did not work. Windows said
that the SHLWAPI.DLL file was missing. That is when I got that
message. I have retried to move the files mentioned on the windows
help link you gave me this time from both the c:Cabs and the Windows
disk. SFC says that the files have been moved, but I.E 6 cannot
install because it says that it is missing the uninstall file. I only
have ie5 on cd and it will not work because I have ie6 on. Program
manager causes a page fault when I try and run it as a shell. I have
tried to run ie6setup.exe from dos and am told that I am missing files
them as well. I have tried all the options on all of the links that
you sent me and explorer always aborts it's installation due to a
missing file. I have a gateway system restoration CD. What will the
install/delete Windows function do. Previous to my posting of this
message I tried the install windows function twice. The program sped
through the options, giving me no time to choose and the original
explorer fault in explorer.exe still happened.
Thank you very much!
Seth

Extract SHLWAPI.DLL from the Windows cab files, using the "Extract one file" option
of System File Checker (SFC), then reinstall IE6. What exactly are the error
messages you receive, and where during the attempt to reinstall IE do you get them?
If you are getting an error message when trying to use ProgMan as the shell, I am
not sure what at this point is wrong with the system.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm

Thank you very much for your help! After extracting the file you
suggested. Windows would not restart due to registry problems. I
believe that there were severe issues. Perhaps windows was still
looking at the old .dll files that were there instead of the new ones.
either way out of time necessity I went ahead and deleted an
reinstalled windows. I thank you very much for your time and help.
Seth