Saturday, May 5, 2012

How to Fix a Shell32.Dll on Windows XP


1. Open the "Start" menu and click on the "Run" button.
2. Type in "regedit" and press "Enter."
3. Open the following directories in order: HKEY_CURRENT_USER, Software, Microsoft, Internet Explorer and Main.
4. Click on "File" then click on "Export" to save a backup copy of the key in case something goes wrong. Select a location on your computer to save the backup copy.
5. Click on the "SearchBar" value and press "Delete."
6. Open the following directories in order: HKEY_CURRENT_USER, Software, Microsoft, Windows, CurrentVersion, Explorer and StreamMRU.
7. Backup the contents of the "StreamMRU" directory using the same procedure as in step four then delete all values in the "StreamMRU" directory.
8. Restart your computer.