Error loading explorer.exe you must reinstall windows

You are correct in that the IE went back to 5. Once that
was corrected, everything is normal
I used the Belarc Adviser and used it to find the patches
required for Windows Me.

Thanks again


-----Original Message-----
Felch,

Ah, so you went for a reinstall. I thought that you
might have to. Now
please don't forget to use Belarc Adviser to check for
any patches that were
previously installed that might now have been broken
following the reinstall -
something unfortunately currently beyond the capabilities
of the Windows
Update site which can only detect whether the patch has
been installed at some
time in the past. You may also have problems with
Internet Explorer as
reinstalling Win Me has probably returned you to IE5.5
but that can be
remedied once you've got other things straightened out.

Cheers and thanks for letting us know how you managed to
get on.

Oh, FYI, if you have a CD burner you might want to burn a
copy of your
windows\options\install folder as insurance "just in
case". This would then
mean you aren't totally reliant on the manufacturer's
recovery CD.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Felch wrote:

Mike-

I used the setup.exe file sucessfully!
Thank you very much.
I have been struggling with this problem unsucessfully
for
a couple of weeks.

Keep up the good work!!!


.

Felch,

GREAT!

One last question if I may. What if any problems did you have in
(re)installing IE6? Did you have to take any special action or did it install
without problem?

Thanks again for providing such useful feedback which can then be used to help
others.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



felch wrote:

You are correct in that the IE went back to 5. Once that
was corrected, everything is normal
I used the Belarc Adviser and used it to find the patches
required for Windows Me.

Thanks again

Mike M wrote:

Felch,

MSVCRT.DLL is contained in WIN_13.CAB of the Win Me CAB set.

You can extract the file from DOS as follows.
Boot to DOS using a Win Me boot floppy. Do not choose Minimal Boot from the
options as otherwise the EXT command will be unavailable.
Type EXT at the DOS prompt. This should start Extract Command Line Helper.

Oh, for #&$^&%# g

I've been using full command and as of today for the first time typed it
in without needing to check /? .... and there's a helper program???

grrrrrrrrrrrrr g


Rick

Mike-

I had to uninstall both IE5 and IE6 start up files- as per
a MS bulletin. and re-install IE6
Also- I had one issue with an update for a driver of my
modem. Once loaded from the MS site, I got tapisrv errors
and had to redo the ENTIRE thing from setup!

Wish I knew what went wrong to begin with.

Thanks again

-----Original Message-----
Felch,

GREAT!

One last question if I may. What if any problems did you
have in
(re)installing IE6? Did you have to take any special
action or did it install
without problem?

Thanks again for providing such useful feedback which can
then be used to help
others.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



felch wrote:

You are correct in that the IE went back to 5. Once that
was corrected, everything is normal
I used the Belarc Adviser and used it to find the
patches
required for Windows Me.

Thanks again


.

Thanks Felch,

Sorry to press you on this but can you remember which KB you followed? Was it
KB 312451 - "How to Remove Internet Explorer 6 by Reinstalling Windows"
(http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=312451), I suspect not as this doesn't
mention startup files.

As for your modem problems, as a matter of policy I try never to install
hardware driver updates from the Windows Update site preferring instead to use
those from the manufacturer's web sites.

Regards,
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP



Felch wrote:

I had to uninstall both IE5 and IE6 start up files- as per
a MS bulletin. and re-install IE6
Also- I had one issue with an update for a driver of my
modem. Once loaded from the MS site, I got tapisrv errors
and had to redo the ENTIRE thing from setup!

Wish I knew what went wrong to begin with.