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WHEN I RIGHT-CLICK THE START BUTTON, "Open" AND "Explore" OPTIONS ARE GRAYED OUT.
You need to have TweakUI installed to fix this problem. Once you have TweakUI installed, go to the Control Panel and double-click on the TweakUI icon. Select the My Computer tab and check every single box for every drive letter. As soon as you have them all checked, the Open and Explore option will be available again when you right-click the Start button.
AMAZINGLY, YET MORE FIXES FOR LOST THUMBNAIL PREVIEW IN WINDOWS EXPLORER
If you have MS IE4:
Go to the DOS Command prompt and type CD \Windows\System, and press Enter. Now type regsvr32 /i shdocvw.dll. Upon reboot, if your thumbnail preview has not been restored, use the fix(es) listed earlier in this section.
If you have MS IE5:
Go to the DOS Command prompt, type CD \Windows\System, and hit Enter. Now type regsvr32.exe /i shdoc401.dll and then reboot.
I HAVE RECURRING BSODS AND OTHER UNEXPLAINED ERRORS IN WIN98 -- HELP!
While there is some controversy on this issue, it would seem there is a bug in Windows 98 in which several VxD files are not always copied during installation. (At best, detractors of this fix can claim that it does no good. Certainly it can do no harm so it's worth a shot.) VxD files are virtual device drivers that Windows needs to operate properly. There are two ways to fix this potential problem:
- Option number one is to manually extract these files from the Windows 98 CD and place them into their respective correct locations. The missing files are:
vcomm.vxd
vdmad.vxd
configmg.vxd
vdd.vxd
vmouse.vxd
ntkern.vxd
vflatd.vxd
They are located in cab 47 and 48 on the Windows 98 CD. The locations to which they should be extracted to is both the C:\Windows\System and C:\Windows\System\vmm32 folders -- in other words, extract them twice so that you have two copies on your HDD. Reboot. Hopefully, your problems will have disappeared.
- Or, if you prefer the easy way to do the same thing, my good buddy Revolution has created a batch file that automates the process. Read over what he has to say and download the batch file.
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