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When I turn my computer on, Windows XP Professional loads and then when finished, leaves me with a blank screen. I have no task bar, no 'start' button and no icons whatsoever. The message I get is 'Explorer.exe unable to locate component. Application has failed to start because uxtheme.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem'. Can someone please explain what I need to do? Thanks!
 
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Sarah Clogg said:
When I turn my computer on, Windows XP Professional loads and then when
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finished, leaves me with a blank screen. I have no task bar, no 'start'
button and no icons whatsoever. The message I get is 'Explorer.exe unable to
locate component. Application has failed to start because uxtheme.dll was
not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem'. Can someone
please explain what I need to do? Thanks!
 
J

JAX

It looks to me like uxtheme.dll points to scumware. Download, install and
update the free app's from the sites below. Then run both of them.

As-Aware
http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/

Spybot
http://www.safer-networking.org/index.php?lang=en&page=download

HTH, JAX

Sarah Clogg said:
When I turn my computer on, Windows XP Professional loads and then when
Click to expand...
finished, leaves me with a blank screen. I have no task bar, no 'start'
button and no icons whatsoever. The message I get is 'Explorer.exe unable to
locate component. Application has failed to start because uxtheme.dll was
not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem'. Can someone
please explain what I need to do? Thanks!
 
S

spreela

This problem is sort of easy, but can be tricky to solve. What you nee
to do here is replace the UxTheme.dll file with a new one, or one fro
a different xp machine. (To do this, you would type in "uxtheme.dll" i
the search menu of a Windows XP machine, preferably a working one, an
copy that .dll file to the c:\windows\system32 folder. To have a backu
of your old uxtheme.dll, rename it to uxtheme.old

The way I found was easiest, is to wait until after you get the erro
message, click ok.. and then push CTRL+ALT+DEL. Click on Task Manager
and then at the top of windows task manager you will see File, Options
View, and Help. Click on File, New Task (run). This will bring you t
an Open dialog box just as if you would be clicking on start and run
Click the browse button then you will have access to all of your C
from here you can copy a good uxtheme.dll (which I have attatched i
needed) to the c:\windows\system32 directory. Let me know if you hav
any ?'

spreel
 
S

spreela

This problem is sort of easy, but can be tricky to solve. What you nee
to do here is replace the UxTheme.dll file with a new one, or one fro
a different xp machine. (To do this, you would type in "uxtheme.dll" i
the search menu of a Windows XP machine, preferably a working one, an
copy that .dll file to the c:\windows\system32 folder. To have a backu
of your old uxtheme.dll, rename it to uxtheme.old

The way I found was easiest, is to wait until after you get the erro
message, click ok.. and then push CTRL+ALT+DEL. Click on Task Manager
and then at the top of windows task manager you will see File, Options
View, and Help. Click on File, New Task (run). This will bring you t
an Open dialog box just as if you would be clicking on start and run
Click the browse button then you will have access to all of your C
from here you can copy a good uxtheme.dll (which I have attatched i
needed) to the c:\windows\system32 directory. Let me know if you hav
any ?'

spreel
 
C

cjwhite23

I know this thread was written for someone else, but it really jus
helped me out. I followed the instructions that you listed, and i
worked fine. Many thanks!
*This problem is sort of easy, but can be tricky to solve. What yo
need to do here is replace the UxTheme.dll file with a new one, o
one from a different xp machine. (To do this, you would type i
"uxtheme.dll" in the search menu of a Windows XP machine, preferabl
a working one, and copy that .dll file to the c:\windows\system3
folder. To have a backup of your old uxtheme.dll, rename it t
uxtheme.old

The way I found was easiest, is to wait until after you get the erro
message, click ok.. and then push CTRL+ALT+DEL. Click on Tas
Manager, and then at the top of windows task manager you will se
File, Options, View, and Help. Click on File, New Task (run). Thi
will bring you to an Open dialog box just as if you would be clickin
on start and run. Click the browse button then you will have acces
to all of your C: from here you can copy a good uxtheme.dll (which
have attatched if needed) to the c:\windows\system32 directory. Le
me know if you have any ?'s
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