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Explorer error in Shell32.dll

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by laslo

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In win98SE or Win ME by opening a folder with windows explorer an error message appears: "Explorer caused an error in shell32.dll" and
cannot open the folder. What is the cause and the solution?
Tried: reinstalling win Me, or reinstalling IE5.5 did not work, also tried removing all msconfig and startup files.

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by zlitocook

Microsoft has many answers, the first is q136475 this may be what you are looking for. Here are a few others q259096 and q222952 go to microsoft.com and search the kb for these questions.

by laslo

I tried most related answers from MS, none worked. I eliminated the error messages as follows:
1, Installed windows in a new directory thus creating an error free environment.
2, replaced old system & win.ini files with the new files.
3, reinstalled windows again in the old directory containing the error free
system files.
Now all system works, no more Shell32 error message since this fix.

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