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Cannot boot Win98 after fix comctl32.dll

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by shanghai sam

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Can anyone help me out with a problem that I ended creating myself after following instructions from the Microsoft Knowledge base page? I was having problems trying to access a 'chat' program, from an online school I'm attending,
called 'Horizon Live'. (My O/S is Windows98 and the browser is Internet Explorer 6.0). Every time I tried to access it I got an error message: "This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. If problem persists, contact vendor." I also got thisone every time: "Explorer caused an Invalid Page fault in Module ."
I went to the Microsoft site to see what their suggestion was to fix this and this is what I ended up doing:
From the DOS prompt type:
c: cd\windows\system, then: ren comctl32.dll Comctl32.old then:
Type: Ext , and then press enter.
When you receive the prompt, "please enter the path to the windows CAB files (a:)", type: drive:\win98
When you receive the prompt: "please enter the name of the files you want to extract" , type: comctl32.dll, and then press ENTER.
At the prompt, "Please enter the path to extract to ("Enter" for current directory)", type: C:\Windows\System, and press ENTER.
At the prompt: "Is this okay?" (y/n) type: Y, and then press ENTER. The file is then extracted.
Remove Windows 98 Startup disk and restart the computer.
Now I can't reload Windows or reboot my computer. Any suggestions? I'd really appreciate ANYTHING at this point.

Frank T.

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by dmiles

Insert the startup disk in floppy and boot the computer,if the boot disk is recognozed then choose to run setup without cd-rom support and let this process complete

When this is finished,try rebooting the computer after removing the startup disk,the process should install the system files o the computer

by frank t

Sorry soulrider, that didn't work! I ended up going back into DOS and renaming the comctl32.old back to cmoctl32.dll and THEN rebooted my system...that got me back to where I first started. I still have the "This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. If problem persists, contact vendor." I also still get this one every time: "Explorer caused an Invalid Page fault in Module ."

by frank t

Sorry soulrider, that didn't work! I ended up going back into DOS and renaming the comctl32.old back to comctl32.dll and THEN rebooted my system...that got me back to where I first started. I still have the "This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down. If problem persists, contact vendor." I also still get this one every time: "Explorer caused an Invalid Page fault in Module ."

by cpd202

Comctl32.dll is Windows Common Controls. It's what Windows uses to generate Dialog Boxes, List boxes etc. If a single application is creating your problem I'd check the vendors web site. They may want a specific version of the dll.

by tattoomichael1

insert win98n startup disc and chose cd-rom support.While in dos mode insert win98 cd.
Change from your
A:C:
C:md win98
C:cd win98
c:win98\d:
d:cd win98
d:win98\copy . c:
after your computer copies all the files
d:win98\c:
c:win98\setup
Will reinstall windows from your hard drive so it will reinstall the .dll files.

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