IE6 and Windows Interaction Problem

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From: Keith (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 03/01/04 

Date: Mon, 1 Mar 2004 13:26:37 -0800

I am unable to open any Window including My Computer and
Control Panel. Attempts to open a window gives an error
message accusing Internet Explorer and VX2.DLL and says
it will shut IE down even though IE is not open or
active. However, I could open Control Panel in Safe Mode.

I have tried to uninstall IE, but when I run uninstall
from the control panel (in Safe Mode), there is no option
to, only to repair, revert back to previous version or
delete the IE setup folder. I tried reverting to the
older version, but this only aggrivated Windows further
in that nothing worked in Safe Mode either.

I ran System File Check which accused setupx.dll as being
corrupt, so I extracted a clean copy from the install
CD. This had no effect.

After re-installing IE6.0 SP1 I can now open Windows such
as Control Panel again only in Safe Mode.

Any ideas?

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