Startup Error

[Guest Trainbuff]

Hello everyone. This is my first message here, and it concerns a problem I'm

having when I get to the main screen (the wallpaper and start menu) in

Windows 98. This error message keeps coming up:

 

EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in module SHELL32.DLL at

0167:66869ad4. Even before this appears, none of the icons on the screen will

come up. The start menu still appears though. If I click close, however, the

start menu will also go away. Any suggestions? I stopped using this computer

for this very reason and got a new one; however, I'd like to get it running

again because I do miss it a bit. In fact, I've got both my Dell computer and

this Windows 98 Computer (an Aptiva E Series 545) both hooked up on the same

monitor. I believe that it runs Windows 98SE for I think it has IE5 on it;

however, I may be wrong. If you have any good advice or need more

information, don't hesitate to post. Thank you in advance

[Guest PCR]

Re: Startup Error

 

Trainbuff wrote:

| Hello everyone. This is my first message here, and it concerns a

| problem I'm having when I get to the main screen (the wallpaper and

| start menu) in Windows 98. This error message keeps coming up:

|

| EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in module SHELL32.DLL at

| 0167:66869ad4. Even before this appears, none of the icons on the

| screen will come up. The start menu still appears though. If I click

| close, however, the start menu will also go away. Any suggestions? I

| stopped using this computer for this very reason and got a new one;

| however, I'd like to get it running again because I do miss it a bit.

| In fact, I've got both my Dell computer and this Windows 98 Computer

| (an Aptiva E Series 545) both hooked up on the same monitor. I

| believe that it runs Windows 98SE for I think it has IE5 on it;

| however, I may be wrong. If you have any good advice or need more

| information, don't hesitate to post. Thank you in advance

 

http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1&spid=1139 MSKB

Search "SHELL32.DLL"; Windows 98; Full Text; Exact Phrase; does come

up with many. Here are four...

 

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;222460&Product=w98

Burn It and Key Disk Programs Not Compatible with Windows 98

(222460) - When you right-click a file or folder after upgrading to

Windows 98, you may receive the following error message: Explorer caused

an invalid page fault in module Shell32.dll

 

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;148322&Product=w98

Err Msg: Explorer Caused a Page Fault in Module Shell32.dll

(148322) - When you try to open My Computer, Control Panel, or the

Printers folder, you may receive one of the following error messages:

Explorer caused an invalid page fault in module Shell32.dll. -or-

Explorer caused a divide error in module Shell32.dll.

 

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;222952&Product=w98

Err Msg: Explorer Caused an Invalid Page Fault in Shell32.dll at

015f:7fce85c0

(222952) - When you are using the Novell IntraNetWare client (Client32

version 3.x) to log on and off a Novell NetWare 5 network, you may

receive the following error message: EXPLORER caused an Invalid Page

Fault in module SHELL32.DLL at address

 

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;259096&Product=w98

Error Message When You Open a New Folder

(259096) - When you attempt do any of the following:Open a new window in

Microsoft Internet Explorer -or- Create a new folder on the desktop, or

in Windows Explorer, and then attempt to open the folder. You may

receive the following error message: EXPLORER...

[Guest Don Phillipson]

Re: Startup Error

 

"Trainbuff" <Trainbuff@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:E9AA1AF6-2E57-468E-B6DE-4D1BE1F72E7F@microsoft.com...

> when I get to the main screen (the wallpaper and start menu) in

> Windows 98. This error message keeps coming up:

>

> EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in module SHELL32.DLL at

> 0167:66869ad4.

 

This ought not to happen, suggesting that one of these two

files has been corrupted. The trouble is that both have been

patched (repaired, upgraded) by Microsoft since your Win98

was installed from the CD. But you could always try recopying

the 1998-dated files from the CD via SFC = System File Checker

(set to restore these two named file in the c:\windows folder.)

 

--

Don Phillipson

Carlsbad Springs

(Ottawa, Canada)

[Guest PCR]

Re: Startup Error

 

Don Phillipson wrote:

| "Trainbuff" <Trainbuff@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

| news:E9AA1AF6-2E57-468E-B6DE-4D1BE1F72E7F@microsoft.com...

|

|> when I get to the main screen (the wallpaper and start menu) in

|> Windows 98. This error message keeps coming up:

|>

|> EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in module SHELL32.DLL at

|> 0167:66869ad4.

|

| This ought not to happen, suggesting that one of these two

| files has been corrupted. The trouble is that both have been

| patched (repaired, upgraded) by Microsoft since your Win98

| was installed from the CD. But you could always try recopying

| the 1998-dated files from the CD via SFC = System File Checker

| (set to restore these two named file in the c:\windows folder.)

 

Not both...!...

 

EXPLORER.EXE

Desc: Windows Explorer

Loc: C:\WINDOWS

Size: 180,224 bytes

Mod: Friday, April 23, 1999 10:22:00 PM

Ver: 4.72.3110.1

 

My Explorer.exe in Win98SE has never changed from the original...

 

Cabinet WIN98_45.CAB

04-23-1999 10:22:00p A--- 180,224 explorer.exe

 

SHELL32.DLL

Desc: Windows Shell Common Dll

Loc: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM

Size: 1,388,816 bytes

Mod: Thursday, December 06, 2001 11:25:08 PM

Ver: 4.72.3812.600

 

But Shell32.dll has been updated, yea. That's what it looks like, after

taking every critical update available at Windows Update. Here is the

original in Win98SE...

 

Cabinet WIN98_41.CAB

04-23-1999 10:22:00p A--- 1,400,832 shell32.dll

 

| --

| Don Phillipson

| Carlsbad Springs

| (Ottawa, Canada)

 

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