compaq presario 4526

Using w98se and I was trying to install this game 'Jimmy Neutron - Boy
Genius'. The pc meets the minimum requirements, although it recomended 3D
Hardware Accelerated Video Card that is 100% 3D compitable .
Its seems to 'stuck' for a long time after loading /installing DirectX 8, so
I decided to shut down by "power-off" buton and reboot the pc.

Now its saying I must re-install windows because " A required.DLL file,
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SHLWAPI.DLL was not found"
Is there a easier way out than a re-install?. Many thanks

"christina" wrote in message
...

Using w98se and I was trying to install this game 'Jimmy Neutron - Boy
Genius'. The pc meets the minimum requirements, although it recomended 3D
Hardware Accelerated Video Card that is 100% 3D compitable .
Its seems to 'stuck' for a long time after loading /installing DirectX 8,
so
I decided to shut down by "power-off" buton and reboot the pc.

Now its saying I must re-install windows because " A required.DLL file,
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SHLWAPI.DLL was not found"
Is there a easier way out than a re-install?. Many thanks

Have you tried booting into Safe Mode?

It is likely this command line (to load this DLL) was
added by the incomplete instal process to your
WIN.INI or SYSTEM.INI files. You can edit these
in any ASCII editor. Disable the load command by
typing a semicolon ;
at the leftmost end of the line,
then saving the file.
You may then find Windows loads OK and you
can tidy up other problems.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

Sorry did not see your response and so we tried this. Added the shlwapi.dll
(from another w98se pc) into c:\windows\system folder and now it seems to
boots up (or think at least its at desktop since the background colour is my
desktop colour) and the start appears for a split second and disappears.

However, there is not a single icon or whatever on the desktop. When I try
to left click the desktop, no dialogue box appears.

When I try to boot in 'safe mode'; the 4 'safe mode' words appears at the
corners and when it seems to finish loading, the bottom 2 'sofe mode' words
disappear. Right click, no dialogue appears. So what can I do next, please
advice and will wait before doing anything silly, thanks

"Don Phillipson" wrote:

"christina" wrote in message
...

Using w98se and I was trying to install this game 'Jimmy Neutron - Boy
Genius'. The pc meets the minimum requirements, although it recomended 3D
Hardware Accelerated Video Card that is 100% 3D compitable .
Its seems to 'stuck' for a long time after loading /installing DirectX 8,
so
I decided to shut down by "power-off" buton and reboot the pc.

Now its saying I must re-install windows because " A required.DLL file,
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SHLWAPI.DLL was not found"
Is there a easier way out than a re-install?. Many thanks

Have you tried booting into Safe Mode?

It is likely this command line (to load this DLL) was
added by the incomplete instal process to your
WIN.INI or SYSTEM.INI files. You can edit these
in any ASCII editor. Disable the load command by
typing a semicolon ;
at the leftmost end of the line,
then saving the file.
You may then find Windows loads OK and you
can tidy up other problems.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

Forgot to add, when I press Alt/Ctrl/Del, there is nothjing inside the 'Close
Program' dialogue box.

"Don Phillipson" wrote:

"christina" wrote in message
...

Using w98se and I was trying to install this game 'Jimmy Neutron - Boy
Genius'. The pc meets the minimum requirements, although it recomended 3D
Hardware Accelerated Video Card that is 100% 3D compitable .
Its seems to 'stuck' for a long time after loading /installing DirectX 8,
so
I decided to shut down by "power-off" buton and reboot the pc.

Now its saying I must re-install windows because " A required.DLL file,
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SHLWAPI.DLL was not found"
Is there a easier way out than a re-install?. Many thanks

Have you tried booting into Safe Mode?

It is likely this command line (to load this DLL) was
added by the incomplete instal process to your
WIN.INI or SYSTEM.INI files. You can edit these
in any ASCII editor. Disable the load command by
typing a semicolon ;
at the leftmost end of the line,
then saving the file.
You may then find Windows loads OK and you
can tidy up other problems.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

Maybe, first, in DOS, try a "Scanreg /Restore". Choose a date on or
before the date of the problem. (Those backups are done at boot, not
shutdown.)

Otherwise, one of these daunting devils may be the cure...

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=249191
Blank Desktop or Illegal Operations Error Message After You Install
Internet Explorer.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=293174
Error Message: Explorer Caused an Invalid Page Fault in Module
Browseui.dll


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

"christina" wrote in message
news | Sorry did not see your response and so we tried this. Added the
shlwapi.dll
| (from another w98se pc) into c:\windows\system folder and now it seems
to
| boots up (or think at least its at desktop since the background colour
is my
| desktop colour) and the start appears for a split second and
disappears.
|
| However, there is not a single icon or whatever on the desktop. When I
try
| to left click the desktop, no dialogue box appears.
|
| When I try to boot in 'safe mode'; the 4 'safe mode' words appears
at the
| corners and when it seems to finish loading, the bottom 2 'sofe mode'
words
| disappear. Right click, no dialogue appears. So what can I do next,
please
| advice and will wait before doing anything silly, thanks
|
| "Don Phillipson" wrote:
|
| "christina" wrote in message
| ...
|
| Using w98se and I was trying to install this game 'Jimmy Neutron -
Boy
| Genius'. The pc meets the minimum requirements, although it
recomended 3D
| Hardware Accelerated Video Card that is 100% 3D compitable .
| Its seems to 'stuck' for a long time after loading /installing
DirectX 8,
| so
| I decided to shut down by "power-off" buton and reboot the pc.
|
| Now its saying I must re-install windows because " A required.DLL
file,
| C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SHLWAPI.DLL was not found"
| Is there a easier way out than a re-install?. Many thanks
|
| Have you tried booting into Safe Mode?
|
| It is likely this command line (to load this DLL) was
| added by the incomplete instal process to your
| WIN.INI or SYSTEM.INI files. You can edit these
| in any ASCII editor. Disable the load command by
| typing a semicolon ;
| at the leftmost end of the line,
| then saving the file.
| You may then find Windows loads OK and you
| can tidy up other problems.
|
| --
| Don Phillipson
| Carlsbad Springs
| (Ottawa, Canada)
|
|
|
|

The symptoms indicate that explorer.exe, the shell, is crashing.

Follow the procedures here --
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 the 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." Press Alt, F, S to save
the changes; then Alt, F, X to close.

"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 (C:\Progra~1\Intern~1) or
C:\WINDOWS\Windows Update Setup Files (C:\Windows\Window~1) and launch ie5setup.exe
or ie6setup.exe (depending on what is there)." Do a Minimal-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 Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"christina" wrote in message
news
Sorry did not see your response and so we tried this. Added the shlwapi.dll
(from another w98se pc) into c:\windows\system folder and now it seems to
boots up (or think at least its at desktop since the background colour is my
desktop colour) and the start appears for a split second and disappears.

However, there is not a single icon or whatever on the desktop. When I try
to left click the desktop, no dialogue box appears.

When I try to boot in 'safe mode'; the 4 'safe mode' words appears at the
corners and when it seems to finish loading, the bottom 2 'sofe mode' words
disappear. Right click, no dialogue appears. So what can I do next, please
advice and will wait before doing anything silly, thanks

"Don Phillipson" wrote:

"christina" wrote in message
...

Using w98se and I was trying to install this game 'Jimmy Neutron - Boy
Genius'. The pc meets the minimum requirements, although it recomended 3D
Hardware Accelerated Video Card that is 100% 3D compitable .
Its seems to 'stuck' for a long time after loading /installing DirectX 8,
so
I decided to shut down by "power-off" buton and reboot the pc.

Now its saying I must re-install windows because " A required.DLL file,
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SHLWAPI.DLL was not found"
Is there a easier way out than a re-install?. Many thanks

Have you tried booting into Safe Mode?

It is likely this command line (to load this DLL) was
added by the incomplete instal process to your
WIN.INI or SYSTEM.INI files. You can edit these
in any ASCII editor. Disable the load command by
typing a semicolon ;
at the leftmost end of the line,
then saving the file.
You may then find Windows loads OK and you
can tidy up other problems.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

When I boot from floopy 'system' disc which has 10
files(autoexec.bat.command.com himem.sys etc) and at A: prompt change to C:
prompt and type in "scanreg /restore" - it give "bad command or file name"

When I use the boot disc that come with the w98se pc, it will give me 2
option " with cd rom support" or "without cd rom support", which do I choose?

Am I on the right track?

"PCR" wrote:

Maybe, first, in DOS, try a "Scanreg /Restore". Choose a date on or
before the date of the problem. (Those backups are done at boot, not
shutdown.)

Otherwise, one of these daunting devils may be the cure...

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=249191
Blank Desktop or Illegal Operations Error Message After You Install
Internet Explorer.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=293174
Error Message: Explorer Caused an Invalid Page Fault in Module
Browseui.dll


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

"christina" wrote in message
news | Sorry did not see your response and so we tried this. Added the
shlwapi.dll
| (from another w98se pc) into c:\windows\system folder and now it seems
to
| boots up (or think at least its at desktop since the background colour
is my
| desktop colour) and the start appears for a split second and
disappears.
|
| However, there is not a single icon or whatever on the desktop. When I
try
| to left click the desktop, no dialogue box appears.
|
| When I try to boot in 'safe mode'; the 4 'safe mode' words appears
at the
| corners and when it seems to finish loading, the bottom 2 'sofe mode'
words
| disappear. Right click, no dialogue appears. So what can I do next,
please
| advice and will wait before doing anything silly, thanks
|
| "Don Phillipson" wrote:
|
| "christina" wrote in message
| ...
|
| Using w98se and I was trying to install this game 'Jimmy Neutron -
Boy
| Genius'. The pc meets the minimum requirements, although it
recomended 3D
| Hardware Accelerated Video Card that is 100% 3D compitable .
| Its seems to 'stuck' for a long time after loading /installing
DirectX 8,
| so
| I decided to shut down by "power-off" buton and reboot the pc.
|
| Now its saying I must re-install windows because " A required.DLL
file,
| C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SHLWAPI.DLL was not found"
| Is there a easier way out than a re-install?. Many thanks
|
| Have you tried booting into Safe Mode?
|
| It is likely this command line (to load this DLL) was
| added by the incomplete instal process to your
| WIN.INI or SYSTEM.INI files. You can edit these
| in any ASCII editor. Disable the load command by
| typing a semicolon ;
| at the leftmost end of the line,
| then saving the file.
| You may then find Windows loads OK and you
| can tidy up other problems.
|
| --
| Don Phillipson
| Carlsbad Springs
| (Ottawa, Canada)
|
|
|
|

By pressing F8 and get it 'safe mode' menu and at choose command pronmpt
option, I choose a date that the system was working ok, but it still give me
the same result, that is can see the "desktop colour, the start button, the
clock' appears for a second and then disappear.

Guess, will now have to go thru the labourious task all of you have mentioned.

Just out of curiosity, I know the backup date is 'correct', why then the
system did not return to its normal working condition? Is it because I
replace the shlwapi.dll file? Thanks



"PCR" wrote:

Maybe, first, in DOS, try a "Scanreg /Restore". Choose a date on or
before the date of the problem. (Those backups are done at boot, not
shutdown.)

Otherwise, one of these daunting devils may be the cure...

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=249191
Blank Desktop or Illegal Operations Error Message After You Install
Internet Explorer.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=293174
Error Message: Explorer Caused an Invalid Page Fault in Module
Browseui.dll


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

"christina" wrote in message
news | Sorry did not see your response and so we tried this. Added the
shlwapi.dll
| (from another w98se pc) into c:\windows\system folder and now it seems
to
| boots up (or think at least its at desktop since the background colour
is my
| desktop colour) and the start appears for a split second and
disappears.
|
| However, there is not a single icon or whatever on the desktop. When I
try
| to left click the desktop, no dialogue box appears.
|
| When I try to boot in 'safe mode'; the 4 'safe mode' words appears
at the
| corners and when it seems to finish loading, the bottom 2 'sofe mode'
words
| disappear. Right click, no dialogue appears. So what can I do next,
please
| advice and will wait before doing anything silly, thanks
|
| "Don Phillipson" wrote:
|
| "christina" wrote in message
| ...
|
| Using w98se and I was trying to install this game 'Jimmy Neutron -
Boy
| Genius'. The pc meets the minimum requirements, although it
recomended 3D
| Hardware Accelerated Video Card that is 100% 3D compitable .
| Its seems to 'stuck' for a long time after loading /installing
DirectX 8,
| so
| I decided to shut down by "power-off" buton and reboot the pc.
|
| Now its saying I must re-install windows because " A required.DLL
file,
| C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SHLWAPI.DLL was not found"
| Is there a easier way out than a re-install?. Many thanks
|
| Have you tried booting into Safe Mode?
|
| It is likely this command line (to load this DLL) was
| added by the incomplete instal process to your
| WIN.INI or SYSTEM.INI files. You can edit these
| in any ASCII editor. Disable the load command by
| typing a semicolon ;
| at the leftmost end of the line,
| then saving the file.
| You may then find Windows loads OK and you
| can tidy up other problems.
|
| --
| Don Phillipson
| Carlsbad Springs
| (Ottawa, Canada)
|
|
|
|

If scanreg /restore did not fix it, you will have to try to reinstall IE as I
described in my reply. Please note: that is not exactly the same method as
described in some of the other links given in the other replies. I suggest you try
following the procedure I gave you.

I forgot to add, if you do *not* find ie6setup.exe or ie5setup.exe in the locations
mentioned, you probably did not install IE from a download, but rather, from a CD.
In that case, you will have to run ie6setup.exe from the folder it is in on the CD
you originally used (or any CD that has the setup files for the current version of
IE).

Scanreg /restore likely did not fix it because of mismatched files on your
system...possibly shlwapi, or others. Scanreg only restores the Registry files and
the startup .ini files....it does not touch any other files.
--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"christina" wrote in message
...
By pressing F8 and get it 'safe mode' menu and at choose command pronmpt
option, I choose a date that the system was working ok, but it still give me
the same result, that is can see the "desktop colour, the start button, the
clock' appears for a second and then disappear.

Guess, will now have to go thru the labourious task all of you have mentioned.

Just out of curiosity, I know the backup date is 'correct', why then the
system did not return to its normal working condition? Is it because I
replace the shlwapi.dll file? Thanks



"PCR" wrote:

Maybe, first, in DOS, try a "Scanreg /Restore". Choose a date on or
before the date of the problem. (Those backups are done at boot, not
shutdown.)

Otherwise, one of these daunting devils may be the cure...

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=249191
Blank Desktop or Illegal Operations Error Message After You Install
Internet Explorer.

http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=293174
Error Message: Explorer Caused an Invalid Page Fault in Module
Browseui.dll


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

"christina" wrote in message
news | Sorry did not see your response and so we tried this. Added the
shlwapi.dll
| (from another w98se pc) into c:\windows\system folder and now it seems
to
| boots up (or think at least its at desktop since the background colour
is my
| desktop colour) and the start appears for a split second and
disappears.
|
| However, there is not a single icon or whatever on the desktop. When I
try
| to left click the desktop, no dialogue box appears.
|
| When I try to boot in 'safe mode'; the 4 'safe mode' words appears
at the
| corners and when it seems to finish loading, the bottom 2 'sofe mode'
words
| disappear. Right click, no dialogue appears. So what can I do next,
please
| advice and will wait before doing anything silly, thanks
|
| "Don Phillipson" wrote:
|
| "christina" wrote in message
| ...
|
| Using w98se and I was trying to install this game 'Jimmy Neutron -
Boy
| Genius'. The pc meets the minimum requirements, although it
recomended 3D
| Hardware Accelerated Video Card that is 100% 3D compitable .
| Its seems to 'stuck' for a long time after loading /installing
DirectX 8,
| so
| I decided to shut down by "power-off" buton and reboot the pc.
|
| Now its saying I must re-install windows because " A required.DLL
file,
| C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SHLWAPI.DLL was not found"
| Is there a easier way out than a re-install?. Many thanks
|
| Have you tried booting into Safe Mode?
|
| It is likely this command line (to load this DLL) was
| added by the incomplete instal process to your
| WIN.INI or SYSTEM.INI files. You can edit these
| in any ASCII editor. Disable the load command by
| typing a semicolon ;
| at the leftmost end of the line,
| then saving the file.
| You may then find Windows loads OK and you
| can tidy up other problems.
|
| --
| Don Phillipson
| Carlsbad Springs
| (Ottawa, Canada)
|
|
|
|

Reference to 129605,
what is the source path,
files to extract
destination path

what shall I type for the above questions?

FYI, I installed this w98se and at that time I did make win98 directory in
C: before I copy the files from the cdrom, d:\win98

Are these the files that I need to copy as staTed in 249191, QUOTE

" Re-extract the Shdocvw.dll, Mshtml.dll, Comctl32.dll, and Shlwapi.dll
files from the Internet Explorer 5 cabinet (.cab) files" unquote.
I suppose it should be IE6 since I did update mysystem with MS Security CD
dated Feb 2004

Do I type them individually or rather extract them individually?

And the destination path?

Mant thanks for all your help

"christina" wrote:

Forgot to add, when I press Alt/Ctrl/Del, there is nothjing inside the 'Close
Program' dialogue box.

"Don Phillipson" wrote:

"christina" wrote in message
...

Using w98se and I was trying to install this game 'Jimmy Neutron - Boy
Genius'. The pc meets the minimum requirements, although it recomended 3D
Hardware Accelerated Video Card that is 100% 3D compitable .
Its seems to 'stuck' for a long time after loading /installing DirectX 8,
so
I decided to shut down by "power-off" buton and reboot the pc.

Now its saying I must re-install windows because " A required.DLL file,
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SHLWAPI.DLL was not found"
Is there a easier way out than a re-install?. Many thanks

Have you tried booting into Safe Mode?

It is likely this command line (to load this DLL) was
added by the incomplete instal process to your
WIN.INI or SYSTEM.INI files. You can edit these
in any ASCII editor. Disable the load command by
typing a semicolon ;
at the leftmost end of the line,
then saving the file.
You may then find Windows loads OK and you
can tidy up other problems.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)