Windows Explorer doesn't work

[Bud]

Whether I press the Windows Key and E or right click on 'My Computer'
and select 'Explore', it won't. All I get is the oscillating flashlight
emblem (animated icon) and no drives or folders show up.

I had this problem once before and thought I had fixed it by placing an
extra copy of OLE32.dll in C:\ but it is still there (Windows key F
still does a 'Find')but 'Explore does not work at all. Even when I
bring up a program like Word or Excel and do an 'Open' , the search
function fails to work there. It will show files but I can't select
them or change the folder I am looking in. Evidently this file's
(OLE32.dll)location was not the solution, though why it worked OK for a
while after placing it on C:\ without having it in any folder, though it
normally resides in C:\Windows\System32 (and is still there by the way).

Can someone point me to a cure for this problem. TIA

Bud

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Bud,

See if this helps:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;819017

--
Ramesh, Microsoft MVP
Windows XP Shell/User
http://windowsxp.mvps.org


"Bud" > wrote in message
...
> Whether I press the Windows Key and E or right click on 'My Computer' and
> select 'Explore', it won't. All I get is the oscillating flashlight
> emblem (animated icon) and no drives or folders show up.
>
> I had this problem once before and thought I had fixed it by placing an
> extra copy of OLE32.dll in C:\ but it is still there (Windows key F still
> does a 'Find')but 'Explore does not work at all. Even when I bring up a
> program like Word or Excel and do an 'Open' , the search function fails to
> work there. It will show files but I can't select them or change the
> folder I am looking in. Evidently this file's (OLE32.dll)location was not
> the solution, though why it worked OK for a while after placing it on C:\
> without having it in any folder, though it normally resides in
> C:\Windows\System32 (and is still there by the way).
>
> Can someone point me to a cure for this problem. TIA
>
> Bud