No desktop, no explorer.exe after repair install

[Guest]

Did a repair install of XP pro. Ends up with CD rom as D: with (dual boot)
win98 on C: and winXP on E:. Win98se fine but XP without a desktop.

Can log in but no further. Flashes explorer taskbar then goes blue. If I
start the explorer.exe it flashes again. No task,start, icons. anything.
All blue. CNTRL-ALT-DEL gives taskmanager. Browse shows the disk folders and
files. Can even exec a program like After Effects.

But no desktop (i.e. no explorer.exe.)

Used msconfig to boot minimum. Get all blue.
SAFEmode give perifery "SAFE" but no desktop.
Boot to prompt gives the dos window and prompt, but if I close it, I get all
blue.

From win98 did scandisk and checked for viruses on all vols. None.

 

[Galen]

In magicbeard <[email protected]> had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

Did a repair install of XP pro. Ends up with CD rom as D: with (dual
boot) win98 on C: and winXP on E:. Win98se fine but XP without a
desktop.

Can log in but no further. Flashes explorer taskbar then goes blue.
If I start the explorer.exe it flashes again. No task,start, icons.
anything. All blue. CNTRL-ALT-DEL gives taskmanager. Browse shows
the disk folders and files. Can even exec a program like After
Effects.

But no desktop (i.e. no explorer.exe.)

Used msconfig to boot minimum. Get all blue.
SAFEmode give perifery "SAFE" but no desktop.
Boot to prompt gives the dos window and prompt, but if I close it, I
get all blue.

From win98 did scandisk and checked for viruses on all vols. None.

Curious and NOT an answer at this point... CTRL + ALT + DEL and click the
processes tab. If there's an explorer.exe running? Kill it by end task. Then
file > new task > type "explorer.exe" without the quotes... Does that bring
up the desktop?

When you log on to safe mode, what account are you logging into? How about
if you log on with a different account?

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Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
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