Re: Problem with Explorer.exe (Re-installing XP)

From: Ted Zieglar aka \ (teddyz_at_notmail.com)
Date: 07/29/04 

Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 13:18:03 -0400

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-- 
Ted Zieglar
formerly "Rocket J. Squirrel"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:69bd01c4758d$3127b1a0$a401280a@phx.gbl...
> So what needs to be done? I can't access the Add/Remove
> panel to uninstall XP.
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >OK, let's sort things out. We'll begin by thanking the
> folks at Microsoft
> >for naming the parts of their venerable operating system
> in confusing ways.
> >Windows Explorer is the name for the basic structure of
> Windows. Everything
> >that runs in Windows -- including Outlook -- relies on
> Windows Explorer.
> >Internet Explorer, on the other hand is the name given to
> that part of
> >Windows that allows you to browse the Internet.
> >
> >It is extremely unlikely that installing Shockwave would
> cripple your
> >operating system. In the first place, Shockwave is well
> written software. In
> >the second place, one of the most important improvements
> in the NT-based
> >Windows operating systems is that the failure of one
> application program is
> >much less likely to damage the entire operating system.
> >
> >What's more likely is that you have a virus or spyware.
> Unless you updated
> >Shockwave directly from the Macromedia web site, it's
> possible that along
> >with Shockwave you installed a virus or spyware. Another
> possibility is that
> >you already had a virus or spyware on your computer,
> which kicked into
> >action when you restarted your computer.
> >
> >-- 
> >Ted Zieglar
> >formerly "Rocket J. Squirrel"
> >
> >
> >"Chris" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> >news:678c01c4757c$bd556020$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> >> I am having a serious problem with my XP. I installed an
> >> updated Shockwave the other day, and after restarting
> the
> >> computer I have been unable to open any aspect of
> >> Explorer. Any program that uses explorer will not open -
>  I
> >> get a message that states there was an error and the
> >> option to send to microsoft, blah, blah.
> >>
> >> Programes that do not use explorer (i.e. Outlook), open
> >> albeit slow. I think I want to just go ahead and re-
> >> install XP. The problem is that I can not access the
> >> Add/Remove control panel. Unfortunately, that program
> uses
> >> explorer as well - I have tried "updating" or doing a
> >> repair install w/out luck.
> >>
> >> How do I uninstall (and reinstall) XP w/out going
> through
> >> the Add/Remove control panel - or is there a way to
> access
> >> the panel other than through the Control Panel file in
> the
> >> Start menu?
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >
> >
> >.
> >

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