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andy - 23 Aug 2003 14:44 GMT

I recently had to reinstall windows 98, but when I tried
to log onto the internet, the following message came up:-
"Error starting program, the SHDOCVW.DLL file is linked
to missing export SHLWAPI.DLL:509."
Beneath this message was another one which said:
"A device attached to the system is not functioning."
And when I did log onto the internet, I got the
message "the Browser failed to load."
I have tried re-installing I.E 6.0, but nothing seems
to work, any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Sandi - Microsoft MVP - 24 Aug 2003 06:18 GMT

Andy,

You have the wrong version of shlwapi.dll or shdocvw.dll. When you
reinstalled Windows 98 did you have IE6 installed? Sometimes you can get a
problem if IE has been updated and Win98 is reinstalled without uninstalling
the newer version of IE first.

Now to fix, I would try updating IE. Try using another browser to download
the IE update. Or, perhaps an IE repair will help:
http://www.mvps.org/inetexplorer/answers_5.htm#repair_tool

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> I recently had to reinstall windows 98, but when I tried
> to log onto the internet, the following message came up:-
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> I have tried re-installing I.E 6.0, but nothing seems
> to work, any help would be greatly appreciated.

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