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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.]]
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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:A244D52F-D734-4AAF-8E4E-1B5353C12030@microsoft.com,
Laura <Laura@discussions.microsoft.com> 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@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:EFC7B5D0-8022-40B4-B524-2A3C9EA0AE92@microsoft.com...
>>> 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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Hope this helps. Let us know.
Wes
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
In news:B07C732B-EE35-4222-999A-9680ECCB9DC8@microsoft.com,
Laura <Laura@discussions.microsoft.com> hunted and pecked:
> 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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