error loading explorer.exe, you must reinstall windows

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jongrindradio wrote:
> i get this error message when i start windows 98 se:
>
> "error loading explorer.exe, you must reinstall windows"
>
> then the computer shuts down!
>
> i get the same error when i try to start in safe mode.
> i tried using the bootdisk but get the same error.
> i modified the system.ini file from the command prompt so that
> shell=taskman.exe and i can run programs from the taskmanager. as such, i
> tried to run ie setup.exe from the winfile but get the same error. i've
> looked through microsoft knowledge base but nothing seems to work.
>
> i've run out of options! any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
> thank you!!

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Thank you Ben. My system is up and running once again!
I realized that I could run sfc.exe from the file manager
and that solved the problem! Cheers!

"Ben Myers" wrote:

> Try extracting a fresh copy of "explorer.exe" from your Windows
> 98 CD to the "c:\windows" directory.
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q129605/
>
> Ben
>
> "jongrindradio" <jongrindradio@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:A7A410E3-A09C-41CF-B2AC-B5FE6B63A1DB@microsoft.com...
> > i get this error message when i start windows 98 se:
> >
> > "error loading explorer.exe, you must reinstall windows"
> >
> > then the computer shuts down!
> >
> > i get the same error when i try to start in safe mode.
> > i tried using the bootdisk but get the same error.
> > i modified the system.ini file from the command prompt so that
> > shell=taskman.exe and i can run programs from the taskmanager. as such, i
> > tried to run ie setup.exe from the winfile but get the same error. i've
> > looked through microsoft knowledge base but nothing seems to work.
> >
> > i've run out of options! any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
> > thank you!!
> >
>