OK Guys this is bad... when I turn my computer on it gets to a point where I get this message ERROR LOADING EXPLORERE.EXE all I can do is click OK and the computer turns off.. I cant do anything else any help? It does the same in safe mode also sorry for the edit but the message also says YOU MUST REINSTALL WINDOWS

Do you have an EBD*? (A floppy Emergency Boot Disk.)

Boot with the EBD, choosing without CDROM support. At the A:\> prompt, type in;

c:\windows\scanreg/restore

and pick a date which preceeds the problem occurance.

Post back with the results.


*The above bootdisk image file is a self extracting file and has to be executed (run) from a running Windows(9x) machine in order to create the actual startup diskette on one of your floppy disks. (This image file produces the same bootdisk which 98SE creates.) This downloaded image file will format the floppy disk to ensure its integrity, write the files to the disk, then verify the file write, so it'll take a minute or three to create the bootdisk.

Ensure the floppy drive is set as the first boot device in the bios. http://www.d-a-l.com/articles/library/23.html

NOTE: When you boot a machine with this boot floppy, it creates a RAMDRIVE in system memory to contain DOS system tools/drivers. Thus it will move your "normal" CDROM device/drive letter "up" one level. (If your CDROM is normally E: it will be F: when booting with this bootdisk.)

well you are right , you do learn something everyday! Somehow I deleted my whole windows explorer. It was not fun but I got everything back up...thanks for the help Robert

You're welcome.

A brilliant post by Dan. Thumbs up for that.