EXPLORER caused invalid page fault

[Zdenek]

Help!

Last night I installed IE5. I downloaded and updated/installed "successful".
Today I start my PC and I get the popup:

EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in module EXPLORER.EXE at
015f:00401f31.

Nothing goes. CTRL-ALT-DEL gives me 2 options - shut / down restart.

I tried command prompt only - works. Replaced registry files with former
copies: no effect -same error:
I even tried the trick with replacing explorer with progman.exe in
system.ini - no success: SFC.EXE does not find anything wrong!

Anybody: What happened? - How can I solve it?

Any help greatly appreciated!

Thanks

ZAP

[Tom Townsend]

Just a wild thought but, check your Windows\System directory for the file
'Comctl32.dll" and right-click on it to make sure you have the new version
'5.80'. (The file date and size is 2/24/99 - 565kb). The IE5 setup program
makes some modifications, after which Windows Explorer needs the new version
of this DLL in order to operate properly ...otherwise it may crash upon
bootup.

I made the mistake of first installing IE5 and then, the next day,
installing a new set of drivers for my Diamond video card. Seems that the
Diamond driver install routine arbitrarily blows over Comctl32.dll and puts
the earlier version back on your system. The fix is to either reinstall IE5
or get a copy of the new DLL and put it back into your system folder.

Zdenek <zde...@softlogics.com> wrote in message
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[Zdenek]

Thanks for the thought - unfortunately I cannot get into windows. It stops
at the pop-up.
Starting in "Command Prompt only" I could verify the comctl32.dll file
size/date to be 577,808 Bytes / 2/24/99.

Any more ideas I could try ? Is there a way to uninstall IE5 from the
"Command Prompt" ? May be to reload the registry from couple of days ago? -
What other system files would I have to replace?

Thanks for any help.

ZAP

Tom Townsend wrote in message ...

[mtu...@iname.com]

I'm in the exact same boat. Thanks, Diamond, and thanks, Microsoft. I can't
even get into Windows in Safe Mode, and I'm sure reinstalling is going to
trash my system since everything is IE 5 now.

The Diamond install was even asking me about replacing newer versions of some
files--just like a REAL install program--and I didn't let it. Lot of
difference that made.

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[Gary Higgins]

Zdenek wrote:

> Help!
>
> Last night I installed IE5. I downloaded and updated/installed "successful".
> Today I start my PC and I get the popup:
>
> EXPLORER caused an invalid page fault in module EXPLORER.EXE at
> 015f:00401f31.
>
> Nothing goes. CTRL-ALT-DEL gives me 2 options - shut / down restart.
>
> I tried command prompt only - works. Replaced registry files with former
> copies: no effect -same error:
> I even tried the trick with replacing explorer with progman.exe in
> system.ini - no success: SFC.EXE does not find anything wrong!
>
> Anybody: What happened? - How can I solve it?
>
> Any help greatly appreciated!
>
> Thanks
>
> ZAP

Do you have Cleansweep installed? If so, you need to disable the startup of
CSINJECT.EXE using Win98's config mgr. It will boot fine after that. I'm using
CS version 4.2, but just bought Symantec's new System Works which comes with a
newer ver. 4.5. I'll see if that does any better when I install it today.

Almost everyone I've talked to who is getting this error has Cleansweep 4.2, or
earlier, installed.

Gary

[Zdenek]

You got my sympathy. Try this:

In my case I got into the system again via command prompt only:
I had to replace "shdocvw.dll" in the <windows>\system directory with the
command "extract /a [cd-drive]:\win98\base4.cab shdocvw.dll /l
c:\windows\system" .

In oder to get acces to my CD-Rom drive I hade to use my startup-disk. Once
"shdocvw.dll" was replaced with the original one (WIN98 cd) I could boot
normally. IE5/Outlook Express5 still would not work though.

Fortunately (unfort..?) IE5 setup creates an installation folder (\windows
IE5 setup...) so I had to rerun installation again from there.

Now it works. At least when I dial into my ISP. The cable modem connection
via ethernet still can't connect...!?

Any ideas?

Thanks for the help.

ZAP

[micro...@hotmail.com]

Just wanted to add I have the same problem as with you guys...
I intall the new drivers for my monster fusion from diamond and bang can't get
into windows anymore... not even safe mode!!!!!!! Explorer crash on me
if anyone know a way to fix this problem without having to reformat please or
any suggestions
Email me at micro...@hotmail.com

[mtu...@iname.com]

Thanks, guys.

Actually I found the answer a little while later.

It is finally on Diamond's site, but you probably know that by now.

COMCTL32.dll blind replacement by Diamond is the culprit.

When will these companies learn basic etiquette when dealing with DLL's.

GET ME OUT OF DLL HELL!

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