[wannabe1]

I'm back......

Download the attached file and save it to your desktop. Right click on it and choose "Extract All"...extract it to the desktop, too. Copy the extracted file (fixdesktop.reg) to a flash drive, floppy, or cd. Navigate to it on the broken machine, right click on it, and choose "Merge"...accept the change.

Reboot. Do you have the desktop after the reboot?

 fixdesktop.zip   579bytes   178 downloads

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no its still not there

[LCollins2]

no its still not there

[wannabe1]

Hmmmm....This certainly is being stubborn.

Run the commands I gave you in This Post again. When it asks for the cd, use the one you've been booting with.

[LCollins2]

it never asks me for a cd during this, just wen i get to mshtml.dll it says mshtml.dll was loades but the DllRegesterServer Entry point was not found, this file cannot be registered

[wannabe1]

Ok...let's try the ie.inf one again. Instructions here

We need to get these applets running...by whatever means.

What I'd really like to do is run a repair installation, but I'm almost certain that the disk you have will not accept the product key for the operating system that's installed.

[wannabe1]

If it asks for the cd...use the one you have.

[LCollins2]

no that still didnt work, just like before i got the message saying:

The File \EXPLORE.Exe' on Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 CD is needed

Type the path where the file is located and then click OK.

Copy Files From:


then i clicked on browse, went to my D drive but the file it needs isnt on the disk that i have

[wannabe1]

Hang on...let me get a better path to give it.

[wannabe1]

Try D:\i386

Or D:\i386\explorer.ex_

[LCollins2]

ok i did this and it seems to b working, i opened the file and started doing something (not really sure what) but then a message popped up and gives the file name and says that the file already exists and is newer, and asks if id like to replace the new file. should i replace or no?

[wannabe1]

Yes...in every case.

Those are the files from the IE7 install that didn't work.

[wannabe1]

We may have to do this one again, but I've kinda got a game plan formulated. We'll take it a step at a time.....

[LCollins2]

ok, i said yes to all that popped up, but then at the end i got this message:

RUNDLL

Error in setup.dll
Missing Entry: IEAccessSysInst

[wannabe1]

I was halfway expecting that.

Open Control Panel (type control in Task Manager), then open "Add or Remove Programs". See if Windows Internet Explorer 7 is listed after we tried to install it. If it is, see if you can remove it.

[LCollins2]

ok yes it was there, and i removed it