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  1. tamaraw

    Windows ME boots to desktop - no start button or icons...

    I have the same problem as the creator of this thread. I have absolutely nothing. Even when I do a ctl alt del I see nothing...and i know at least explorer.exe should be there. My mouse buttons don't do anything...and i don't have a task bar. You can check out the thread I created with this...
  2. tamaraw

    Help...missing shlwapi.dll after Windows Update

    One of my friends said that he can install another hard drive(master) and just transfer my sensitive data from the slave to the good drive and then i can reinstall my OS on the bad drive after the transfer is complete. Is this a good idea?
  3. tamaraw

    Help...missing shlwapi.dll after Windows Update

    I've already tried safe mode...that was actually my first action that i took. I did however find a recovery cd that came with that pc but Im afraid to use it because im worried that it will erase all my files. Do you know if it will erase all my files?? Any other suggestions? Thanks for the...
  4. tamaraw

    Help...missing shlwapi.dll after Windows Update

    Well I know about the system restore feature on ME but it doesn't boot up all the way ...so i can't access my start button. I don't have any icons that load or task bar. Im just stuck with my wallpaper. Is there a way i could do it through dos? If i ever get this fixed, what is the best way...
  5. tamaraw

    Help...missing shlwapi.dll after Windows Update

    Long story short, I did a windows update and it told me to restart and so i did. It sort of froze on the ME screen for a long time and then it said "missing shlwapi.dll file" "reinstall windows" " error loading explorer.exe reinstall windows". Right now I'm using a...

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