Re: Search Companion doesn't work

I am sorry to hear that, Laura.

Maybe this will help...

Reset IE Search engine to defaults
http://windowsxp.mvps.org/IEFAQ.htm#ResetSearch

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Hope this helps. Let us know.

Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User

In news:3823E70F-8F9B-43A3-9E1E-BF66534115C1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Laura <Laura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
> It still doesn't work.
>
> "Wesley Vogel" wrote:
>
>> Laura,
>>
>> %systemroot% is a variable that shows the location of the Windows XP root
>> directory (for example: C:\WINDOWS). So if Windows is on the C: drive
>> %systemroot% = C:\WINDOWS. I have no idea what drive Windows is on on
>> your machine, so substitute %systemroot%, that way it doesn't matter.
>>
>> There should be two srchui.dll files.
>>
>> One srchui.dll in
>> %systemroot%\srchasst
>> or
>> C:\WINDOWS\srchasst
>> This is the srchui.dll that is used.
>>
>> One srchui.dll in
>> %systemroot%\system32\dllcache
>> or
>> C:\WINDOWS\system32\dllcache
>> This is the srchui.dll that is used by Windows File Protection and System
>> File Checker (Sfc.exe) to replace messed up system files.
>> -----
>>
>> LoadLibrary("srchui.dll") failed - The specified module could not be
>> found.
>>
>> You get this error because regsvr32.exe is looking in the
>> %systemroot%\system32 folder for srchui.dll, because it isn't there, you
>> get the error message.
>>
>> You have to include the path to srchui.dll.
>>
>> Paste this in the Start | Run box:
>>
>> regsvr32 /u %systemroot%\srchasst\srchui.dll
>>
>> And click OK.
>>
>> If you need to reregister it later.
>>
>> regsvr32 %systemroot%\srchasst\srchui.dll
>>
>> --
>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>
>> Wes
>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>
>> In news:5AE8E720-E22D-423C-ACD8-D5CF97B2F72C@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>> Laura <Laura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
>>> I figured out how to unregister it by running "regsvr32 /u srchui.dll",
>>> but I keep getting an error saying that the specified module could not
>>> be found. Any ideas?
>>>
>>> "Laura" wrote:
>>>
>>>> How do you unregister a .dll file? In addition, do you happen to know
>>>> which instance of srchui.dll to unregister (I found 2 instances of it)?
>>>>
>>>> "Wesley Vogel" wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> This worked for one fellow...
>>>>>
>>>>> [[Ok... I've been reading through the posts on the search companion
>>>>> all day and I've finally figured it out.
>>>>>
>>>>> I went in to "C:\Windows\srchasst\" and deleted everything I could
>>>>> I then unregistered the srchui.dll file
>>>>> Then I went into "C:\Windows\Inf\" right clicked srchasst.inf and
>>>>> clicked install.
>>>>>
>>>>> This did it.
>>>>>
>>>>> A couple notes.
>>>>> I tried just reregistering the srchui.dll file and that did not help
>>>>> I tried just installing srchasst.inf without deleting the files and
>>>>> that did not work as well.
>>>>> I tried to reregister shell32.dll, no luck
>>>>> I running SFC and ran a complete scan - didn't fix it.
>>>>> I ran the automated system recovery and this did not work as well...
>>>>> I tried coping the C:\Windows\srchasst\mui\0409\*.* files from a known
>>>>> good computer to the computer with the problem and this didn't fix it
>>>>> either.
>>>>>
>>>>> So, I don't know why everything had to be deleted and reinstalled, but
>>>>> it worked.]]
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Hope this helps. Let us know.
>>>>>
>>>>> Wes
>>>>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>>>>
>>>>> In news:A244D52F-D734-4AAF-8E4E-1B5353C12030@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
>>>>> Laura <Laura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> hunted and pecked:
>>>>>> Like I said, I already tried reinstalling it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Will Denny" wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Please see the following link to Kelly's web site:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Why doesn't Search work?"
>>>>>>> http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/top10faqs.htm
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Will Denny
>>>>>>> MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
>>>>>>> Please reply to the News Groups
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Laura" <Laura@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:EFC7B5D0-8022-40B4-B524-2A3C9EA0AE92@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>>>>>> I have a user with the default settings for Search Companion. Last
>>>>>>>> week, she
>>>>>>>> noticed that it all of a sudden stopped working. Whenever she
>>>>>>>> types in something to search and clicks on the Search button, IE
>>>>>>>> sits there for a minute, and then comes back with the following
>>>>>>>> error message:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> "Unable to connect
>>>>>>>> The Web site is currently unavailable or the connection to the
>>>>>>>> Internet has
>>>>>>>> been lost. Make sure you are connected to the Internet and try
>>>>>>>> again."
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The Search Companion doesn't work either if I run IE as the
>>>>>>>> Administrator. For now, I have her using the Classic search, but
>>>>>>>> she would like to use the
>>>>>>>> Search Companion.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Any ideas? I have tried re-installing the Search Companion by
>>>>>>>> running install on srchasst.inf.

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