Startup Error

[Trainbuff]

Hello everyone. This is my first message here, and it concerns a problem I'm
having when I get to the main screen (the wallpaper and start menu) in
Windows 98. This error message keeps coming up:

EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in module SHELL32.DLL at
0167:66869ad4. Even before this appears, none of the icons on the screen will
come up. The start menu still appears though. If I click close, however, the
start menu will also go away. Any suggestions? I stopped using this computer
for this very reason and got a new one however, I'd like to get it running
again because I do miss it a bit. In fact, I've got both my Dell computer and
this Windows 98 Computer (an Aptiva E Series 545) both hooked up on the same
monitor. I believe that it runs Windows 98SE for I think it has IE5 on it
however, I may be wrong. If you have any good advice or need more
information, don't hesitate to post. Thank you in advance

 

[PCR]

Trainbuff wrote:
| Hello everyone. This is my first message here, and it concerns a
| problem I'm having when I get to the main screen (the wallpaper and
| start menu) in Windows 98. This error message keeps coming up:
|
| EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in module SHELL32.DLL at
| 0167:66869ad4. Even before this appears, none of the icons on the
| screen will come up. The start menu still appears though. If I click
| close, however, the start menu will also go away. Any suggestions? I
| stopped using this computer for this very reason and got a new one
| however, I'd like to get it running again because I do miss it a bit.
| In fact, I've got both my Dell computer and this Windows 98 Computer
| (an Aptiva E Series 545) both hooked up on the same monitor. I
| believe that it runs Windows 98SE for I think it has IE5 on it
| however, I may be wrong. If you have any good advice or need more
| information, don't hesitate to post. Thank you in advance

http://support.microsoft.com/search/?adv=1&spid=1139 MSKB
Search "SHELL32.DLL" Windows 98 Full Text Exact Phrase does come
up with many. Here are four...

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kben-us222460&Product=w98
Burn It and Key Disk Programs Not Compatible with Windows 98
(222460) - When you right-click a file or folder after upgrading to
Windows 98, you may receive the following error message: Explorer caused
an invalid page fault in module Shell32.dll

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kben-us148322&Product=w98
Err Msg: Explorer Caused a Page Fault in Module Shell32.dll
(148322) - When you try to open My Computer, Control Panel, or the
Printers folder, you may receive one of the following error messages:
Explorer caused an invalid page fault in module Shell32.dll. -or-
Explorer caused a divide error in module Shell32.dll.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kben-us222952&Product=w98
Err Msg: Explorer Caused an Invalid Page Fault in Shell32.dll at
015f:7fce85c0
(222952) - When you are using the Novell IntraNetWare client (Client32
version 3.x) to log on and off a Novell NetWare 5 network, you may
receive the following error message: EXPLORER caused an Invalid Page
Fault in module SHELL32.DLL at address

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kben-us259096&Product=w98
Error Message When You Open a New Folder
(259096) - When you attempt do any of the following:Open a new window in
Microsoft Internet Explorer -or- Create a new folder on the desktop, or
in Windows Explorer, and then attempt to open the folder. You may
receive the following error message: EXPLORER...

 

[Don Phillipson]

"Trainbuff" <Trainbuff@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E9AA1AF6-2E57-468E-B6DE-4D1BE1F72E7F@microsoft.com...

> when I get to the main screen (the wallpaper and start menu) in
> Windows 98. This error message keeps coming up:
>
> EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in module SHELL32.DLL at
> 0167:66869ad4.

This ought not to happen, suggesting that one of these two
files has been corrupted. The trouble is that both have been
patched (repaired, upgraded) by Microsoft since your Win98
was installed from the CD. But you could always try recopying
the 1998-dated files from the CD via SFC = System File Checker
(set to restore these two named file in the c:\windows folder.)

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

 

[PCR]

Don Phillipson wrote:
| "Trainbuff" <Trainbuff@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
| news:E9AA1AF6-2E57-468E-B6DE-4D1BE1F72E7F@microsoft.com...
|
|> when I get to the main screen (the wallpaper and start menu) in
|> Windows 98. This error message keeps coming up:
|>
|> EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in module SHELL32.DLL at
|> 0167:66869ad4.
|
| This ought not to happen, suggesting that one of these two
| files has been corrupted. The trouble is that both have been
| patched (repaired, upgraded) by Microsoft since your Win98
| was installed from the CD. But you could always try recopying
| the 1998-dated files from the CD via SFC = System File Checker
| (set to restore these two named file in the c:\windows folder.)

Not both...!...

EXPLORER.EXE
Desc: Windows Explorer
Loc: C:\WINDOWS
Size: 180,224 bytes
Mod: Friday, April 23, 1999 10:22:00 PM
Ver: 4.72.3110.1

My Explorer.exe in Win98SE has never changed from the original...

Cabinet WIN98_45.CAB
04-23-1999 10:22:00p A--- 180,224 explorer.exe

SHELL32.DLL
Desc: Windows Shell Common Dll
Loc: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM
Size: 1,388,816 bytes
Mod: Thursday, December 06, 2001 11:25:08 PM
Ver: 4.72.3812.600

But Shell32.dll has been updated, yea. That's what it looks like, after
taking every critical update available at Windows Update. Here is the
original in Win98SE...

Cabinet WIN98_41.CAB
04-23-1999 10:22:00p A--- 1,400,832 shell32.dll

| --
| Don Phillipson
| Carlsbad Springs
| (Ottawa, Canada)

--
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Naturally, you will not sue,
Should things get worse after this,
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