Desperation has set in...

[Kerra]

I have searched everywhere for a solution to no
avail..the problem is this.

I click start/run/browse...application error and it
closes. Event viewer shows error in comdlg32.dll.

I am in any application other than MSOffice, I click
file/open/browse..application error and it closes. Same
event.

I click start/run/notepad...application error, same as
above

I try to print from within IE6, application error and it
closes, same as above.

I can copy anything from a web page into MSOffice and it
prints fine, I can browse files everything..no problem.

If I try to browse any file other than going into My
Computer and following the tree up and down I get an
error and the application closes. This isn't limited to
the windows applets but also browsing for files in 3rd
party applications as well.

This morning I ran sfc /scannow and see if any critical
files need to be replaced. It ran but gave me no messages
when it finished. I assumed that all critical files where
intact or did I miss something?

All patches and updates are current and Norton finds
nothing irregular. This has been going on for months now.
I have found work arounds for most everything, but I have
3rd party software that requires me to load from several
directories and each time I try to browse and switch, it
errors out.

/sigh...I'm desperate but don't want to reinstall XP!

 

[CWatters]

What exactly does the Event Viewer say? There is a button to copy the error
to the clip board so you can paste it here.

Presumably you tried this or decided it wasn't the problem...

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q137273

 

[Tom]

Ya, use System Restore and go back to a date that you recall everything was
working.

Tom