Re: Script error ?

From: Frank Saunders, MS-MVP IE/OE (franksaunders_at_mvps.org)
Date: 11/14/04 

Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 15:00:54 -0600

iexplore.exe //rereg
was introduced with WinXP SP2. You appear to still be running SP1. 

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"Ron Patterson" <a.baba@mindspring.com> wrote in message
news:04Pld.26540$KJ6.19320@newsread1.news.pas.earthlink.net 
> Robert,
> Thanks for your persistence helping the crippled here.
> Perhaps you were a 'Special Education"  teacher in a previous
> incarnation. I think you should read this from the bottom up.
> 
>>> Robert
>>>    I get the feeling I am making this hard for you.  If so I
>>> apologize and deeply appreciate your sticking with me.  I do not
>>> know what a command window is or
>>> even how to get to one.  I know how to use Start\Run.
> 
>> Learn how to use your Windows Help then too.
>> Press Win-F1.   Type  "Command window".   Press Enter.
>> First item:   Choosing between  NTFS, FAT,...  contains:
> 
>> <quote>
>> ...click Start, click Run..., type cmd, and then press Enter.
>> In the <b>command window</b>,...
>> </quote>
> 
> Got it and thanks.
> 
>>> Here exactly is what happens:
>>> I try your method:
>>> I go to Run and type  iexplore /rereg  (yes, I am leaving a space
>>> after iexplore)
>>> Internet Explorer opens to   "The page cannot be displayed
>>> .................." Deadend
> 
>> I suspect that this may mean that you have a shortcut somewhere
>> called  iexplore and its extension has higher precedence than the
>> .exe extension that we are really looking for.   Try instead  Run...
>>     iexplore.exe  /rereg
> 
> Same result    It opens Internet Explorer to   http:///rereg    and
> "The page cannot be displayed ................"
> A deadend for me.
> 
>> BTW  there is absolutely no feedback from this command
>> and it is surprisingly fast so you may wonder if it really did
>> anything when it works.
>> That's why it would be better to do it in a command window
>> in the  %ProgramFiles%\Internet Explorer  directory.
>> At least then you get the feedback of the next prompt.
> 
> I have no DOS skills  -  Run  cmd opens to " C:\Documents and
> Settings\Ron Patterson> "
> A deadend for me.
> 
>>> so I try Jan's Method 1:
>>> I go to Run and type  sfc scannow
>>> a dialogue box pops up  "Window File Protection  -  file that are
>>> required for Windows to run properly must be copied to
>>> the dll Cache.   Insert your Window XP Profession Service Pack 1 CD
>>> now." I insert CD and it opens to "Welcome to Microsoft Windows XP"
>>> This can not be right as there is no system file checker that Jan
>>> mentions.  Nor can I figure out which files must be copied or how
>>> to do it or where/what the dll cache is..
>>> Another deadend.
> 
>> The instruction she gave was   sfc  /scannow
>> Note the slash.   Again, you could have used the Windows Help
>> to figure this out for yourself.   And again, help is also available
>> in a command window:    sfc /?
>> (Entering that in a Run... dialog just results in a flashed window.)
> 
> Just a typo here Robert.  I did enter sfc /scannow  -  the rest of my
> message
> re the CD opening in "Welcome to MS Windows XP" applies.
> 
>>> so I try Jan's Method 2:
>>> I search C: drive for ie.inf file located in the Windows\Infb
>>> folder with advanced options checked.  It finds a ie.inf file in
>>> Windows\Inf  (but none in Windows\Infb  -  a search for this Infb
>>> folder comes up empty) 
> 
>> You're right.   Jan has a typo.   Inf  is the directory name not
>> Infb. 
> 
>>> Using the file it found I right click and click Install.
>>> A dialogue box pops up as follows  "Files Needed   -  The file
>>> IEXPLORE.EXE on Windows XP Professional Service Pack 1 CD is
>>> needed.  Type the path where the file is located and then click
>>> OK."  I insert my Windows XP Pro SP1 CD into my CD ROM drive  D:
>>> and enter the path D: and click OK and it says "Setup can not copy
>>> the file IEXPLORE.EXE.  Ensure the disk labeled 'Windows XP
>>> Professional Service Pack 1 CD' is 
>>> in the drive selected below or provide the location where the file
>>> can be found. Then I try your suggested path  D:\I386 with the same
>>> sad result.  I try other paths and it cant find the
>>> file.  For the heck of it I even run a search for ie.inf in my D:
>>> drive [  X1APOEM_EN (D:)  ]
> 
>> Did you try searching for  IEXPLORE.EX_  ?
>> Remember what I wrote about the underscore suffixing the extensions
>> on the XP CD?   I don't know why the  .inf  file wouldn't find and
>> accept 
>> 
>>     D:\I386\IEXPLORE.EX_
>> 
>> I suspect it may mean that the CD it was thinking of is different
>> from the one you mounted.
> 
> OK - perhaps I have stumbled on something.  I go to Search and select
> the D: drive
> [   It displays  X1APOEM_EN (D:)   ] and advanced options and type in:
> D:\I386\IEXPLORE.EX_                 or
> \I386\IEXPLORE.EX_                        or
> I386\IESPLORE.EX_
> 
> and it only will find the file(s) in the C: drive.  It says it is
> searching both drives on the bottom
> status bar.   Now, as a test, I go to Explore and find some files
> that show in the D: drive like
> win.cab  or wavemix.inf.  When I try to find them in Search, they
> will only appear in the C: dirve.
> Maybe this is the problem.  For some reason my computer will not find
> files on the D: drive.
> Yet when I insert the drive it does open to Welcome to MS Windows
> etc.  How can this be?
> 
> Now, for whatever reason if I put the Win XP CD into my old Win 98
> computer it can search the CD and find all the files.  So, I think
> the problem is reading the XP CD in my XP computer.  It obviously can
> not be searched for files for some reason.  Yet it opens and works
> fine otherwise. 
> How can this be?
> 
> 
>>> and it will not even find this file on the CD even with  Advanced
>>> Options checked.
>>> Another deadend.
>>> 
>>> Then I tried the "rundll32.exe................" suggestion with
>>> similar results to the above.
>> 
>> 
>> Details?
> 
> Could not find files on the CD like above.
> 
>>>  Why is this so hard to repair IE6 or uninstall and reinstall it.
>> 
>> You haven't mentioned trying the   318378  Method 2   procedure?
> 
> The Method 2 procedure was so search for ie.inf and right click and
> click Install.
> I had the same problem with finding files on the XP CD.  I don't
> recognize 381378 ?
> 
>>> Surely others must have had similar problems to mine.
>> 
>> Most try the latter only?   ;)
>> 
>> 
>>> My computer works perfectly in every way except for
>>> this script error message when I try to open Norton Internet
>>> Security. 
>> 
>> Most script errors are beyond the control of the end-user
>> and are properly ignored by them once they suppress
>> the debugging message window.
> 
> I could live with that if I could access Norton Internet Security to
> unblock my Fidelity Investments
> software from accessing the internet.   As it is now I have to
> disable my NIS firewall to work
> and that is too risky over the long haul with the amount of blocked
> Trojan messages I get daily.
> 
> I am curious whey I only get this script error message when I open
> NIS - no where else.
> 
> I am going to try to copy the needed files from the CD onto a disc in
> my Win 98 computer and then
> transfer them to a folder on my WP computer and try to install them
> from there.
> 
> 
> Can I just reinstall Win XP over the top of what I have here and that
> will fix everything?  I would of course back up all data but hate to
> have to reload and update a zillion programs.   BTW - I installed SP2
> and uninstalled it due to problems.  Best I can recall, this script
> error problem occurred after I installed SP2.
> 
> Regards,
> Ron
> 
> 
>

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