Re: Can not locate SHELL.DLL

From: Alex Nichol (alexn.mvpdts_at_ntlworld.delete.com)
Date: 07/17/04 

Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2004 12:47:25 +0100

Chris Czepyha wrote:

>I have a customer who has several apps that say CAN NOT
>LOCATE SHELL.DLL. Recently was infected with a virus, but
>can not say what, NORTON was used to fix the problem. But
>now he has several apps that have the SHELL.DLL error.

There is something that attacks that file. If there is a regular (not
Restore) XP CD, then Set the BIOS to boot CD before Hard Disk. Boot the
XP CD and, instead of Setup, take the immediate R for Repair. Assume
any password requested is blank, and TAB over. and if the CD drive is
say D: give
Expand D:\i386\shell.dl_ C:\Windows\system32\shell.dll 

-- 
Alex Nichol MS MVP (Windows Technologies)
Bournemouth, U.K.  Alexn@mvps.D8E8L.org (remove the D8 bit)

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