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Protection Error. Please restart Win95.

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by alan.robinson14

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Self employed business man after a installation "QuickBooks Trial Version".
Now cannot start windows. Black screen White words "Protection error. Please restart Windows"

Safe Mode OK Uninstalled OK the product

Reinstalled Windows 95. AFter Restart of compute Run for 1st time. Checking Hardware devices. CRASH
EXPLORER.EXE linked to missing SHLWAPI.DLL:SHRegGetusvalueA.

Off loaded SYSTEM.DAT/USER.DAT. ie removed registry files. Resinsatlled Windows 95.

Genuine 1st time install panels, but when restarted to configure hardware devices CRASH as before.

Could it be SYSTEM.INI or WIN.INI

I'm running out of ideas.

Alan

Reinstalled Win95. Install fails after restarting windows

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by alan.robinson14

Sorry, did download the new version of SHLWAPI.DLL from that rather good site you gave me. However, the same error occured

by medvisions

Unfortunately the system.dat (registry file) is corrupt. Reinstalling windows95 does not help because windows will look a the old system.dat file and again will be corrupted.
Remove system.dat file (attrib -r -h -s system.dat - delete system.dat inDOS command prompt) also delete win.com file. Reinstall windows and you should have a clean windows95 operating system. In addition you could also remove system.dao as well. Both the files are hidden in the (Windows folder)

by alan.robinson14

Sorry, I copied the four files SYSTEm and USER .DAT and DA0 to a floppy using WINZIP. Then deleted them from the Windows directory.
The WIN95 Re-install looked like new and the size of the new SYSTEM.DAT files etc were tiny. I was full of hope but Starting Windows for the 1st time still crashed with same error! Dammed unfair I thought.

by albadry

THIS MIGHT HELP YOUIf you are using the Windows Desktop Update component, the following error messages may occur:

When you start your computer:
Error loading Explorer.Exe. You must reinstall Windows.

When you click OK:
Error Starting program: The Explorer.Exe File is Linked to Missing Export SHLWAPI.DLL:ShopenRegstreamA

In addition, the following may occur:

Your computer stops responding (hangs) or shuts down.
If you did not have the Windows Desktop Update installed, you may be able to start Windows 95, but you cannot run Internet Explorer, and your desktop icons cannot be moved.
To resolve these issues
Restart your computer. When the "Starting Windows 95" message appears, press the F8 key; then choose Command Prompt Only from the Startup menu.
Type the following line, and press ENTER to change to the Uninstall folder:
cd uninstall folder where uninstall folder is the location of the uninstall folder for Internet Explorer 4. For example: cd C:\Progra~1\Intern~1\Uninst~1.

Type the following line, and press ENTER to view the hidden files:
attrib -s -h -r *.*

Type the following lines to restore the files necessary to start Windows 95:
iextract integr~1.dat

Type the following lines to place the files in their proper folders:
copy explorer.exe c:\windows

copy shell32.dll c:\windows\system

Restart the computer.
Uninstall Internet Explorer 4, and then reinstall it.

by cpd202

Alan,
Boot up in safe mode and run regedit from the run menu. Then look for HKey_Local Machine\Software\Intuit. Delete the entire folder and reboot. Also if Windows now loads make sure that when you reinstall the software that you have disabled your antivirus software before installing it.
Hope this helps.
Cpd

by maheshgautam

Hi,
If this problam comes some time not every time , it may be possibal that ur RAM is faulty.OR some time ur working well and suddenely a blue screen come and there is no option excluding to restart ur system. It indicat that there is problamin ur RAM.

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