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Startup error in Windows95

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by f_hendrik

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Every time I start Windows95 I get the following error message:

Error loading Explorer.exe
You must reinstall Windows.

When I click on the OK box, I get another message:

The explorer.exe file is
linked to missing export SHLWAPI.DLL:SHRegGetUSValueA.

After that the computer hangs.

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by bill_h

SHLWAPI.DLL is one part of the Shell and Common Controls DLLs. Originally part of the install for Win95 and WinNT, new versions have been included with Internet Explorer versions 3.x through 5.x, as well as Windows 2000.

To resolve this problem,re-install Internet Explorer (if you're using version 3.x or higher). If you're still using IE 2.x, upgrade...

More information can be found in the MSDN article "Shell and Common Controls Versions", which is located at:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/psdk/shellcc/shell/Versions.htm

(If the URL above does not work, look for and remove any spaces inserted by the TechRepublic system.)

Hope this helps...

by mphoffar

Sounds like you had a installation of IE that went bad on you. You should be able to extract explorer.exe and shell32.dll from your windows cabs (either CD or copied on the HD) and copy them to c:\windows and c:\windows\system respectively. At this point your *should* be able to boot back into windows. At that point, you'll probobly want to remove IE from the system and reinstall it.

Good Luck to you

Mark

by kgosnell

Lkely one or more drivers have been loaded in the wrong order or are missing, if it's the wrong order , one of the culprits is the way Windows loads the sound card at times, remove the startup sound to disable the card program from seeking.

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