Renistall win98

[Art]

I need to reinstall win 98 or something. The machine will not boot up all
the way we get an error message something about a Explore file. I can get
in in safe mode. Should I reinstall win 98 and what is the best way or is
there another fix any help please.
a...@hotfog.com

[Thorsten Matzner]

"Art" <a...@hotfog.com> wrote:

>I need to reinstall win 98 or something. The machine will not boot up all
>the way we get an error message something about a Explore file. I can get
>in in safe mode. Should I reinstall win 98 and what is the best way or is

You may first try this:
1. Boot into the MS-DOS Mode. Load the file SYSTEM.INI from the
WINDOWS dir into the MS-DOS Editor. Search for the entry
shell=EXPLORER.EXE
Change this to
shell=PROGMAN.EXE
2. Type
WIN
to start Windows 98. It will come up with the Windows v3.x-like
Program Manager. Go File > Run and start SFC.EXE from here. Go into
the "Settings" to make sure, that SFC searches for altered/deleted
files also.
3. Start the search and replace all files found by SFC with the
originals from the Windows 98-CD. Run Notepad via File > Run and load
the SYSTEM.INI again. Undo the change from step 1.
4. Restart Windows.

If this does not help: reinstalling Windows 98 over itself should not
cause problems.

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