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Mon Dec 29 03:59:19 CST 2003
Andy,
From MS KBA 279736:
To start the System Restore tool when you cannot start your Windows Me-based
computer normally or in Safe mode, you can temporarily change the Windows
shell from Explorer.exe to Progman.exe:
1. Start your computer by using the Windows Me Startup disk.
2. At the Startup menu, choose Minimum Boot.
3. At the command prompt, type edit c:\windows\system.ini, and then press
ENTER.
4. Edit the shell= line so that it looks like this: shell=progman.exe
5. Press ALT+F, and then press S to save the changes to the System.ini file.
6. Press ALT+F, and then press X.
7. Remove your Windows Me Startup disk, and then restart your computer. When
your computer restarts, Program Manager should start. If Program Manager
does not start, repeat steps 1 through 7, being careful to follow these
steps exactly, and then continue to the next step.
8. On the File menu, click Run, type msconfig in the Command Line box, and
then press ENTER.
9. Click Launch System Restore to begin restoring your computer to a
previous, functional state.
Notes:
After you configure your computer to start Program Manager (Progman.exe),
you can also start the System Restore tool by typing
c:\windows\system\restore\rstrui.exe at a command prompt, and then pressing
ENTER.
If you still cannot use System Restore, repeat steps 1 through 6. In step 4,
change the shell= line so that it reads: shell=explorer.exe
This sets the Windows shell back to Explorer.exe so that you can continue
troubleshooting.
Good luck,
Zee
"Andy" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:055201c3cde2$7c6a9a90$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> Over X-mas I was downloading some windows updates for my
> mom's computer. One of the updates was for explorer.
> While it was downloading i left and came back to find an
> error message for a "rundll.dll" file and now when it
> boots it shows the desktop background but no icons or
> taskbar. There is no sytem restore to go back to, nor was
> there a startup disk ever made. Starting in safe mode has
> the same results. changing the boot order so it boots
> from the cd-rom drive with the ME cd in has the same
> results as well. I need to get this system up and running
> again asap. any help or suggestions would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Thanx