Problem with Favorites

[Guest]

for a while now in internet explorer when i click the favorites icon the
column that is supposed to display my favorites just appears as a solid grey
column with a x in the top right right corner.
i have tryed installing IE7 and the favorites work fine but i prefer to run
IE6.
I have checked the path is correct in registry editor.
I can not work it out.
Any Help Would Be Much Appreciated

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Click Start, Run and type:

regsvr32 /i shdocvw.dll

Press Enter.

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


for a while now in internet explorer when i click the favorites icon the
column that is supposed to display my favorites just appears as a solid grey
column with a x in the top right right corner.
i have tryed installing IE7 and the favorites work fine but i prefer to run
IE6.
I have checked the path is correct in registry editor.
I can not work it out.
Any Help Would Be Much Appreciated

 

[Guest]

thanks for repyling
this did not work i got an error box titled RegSvr32
the box said DllInstall in shdocvw failed. Return code was: 0x80004005

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

0x80004005 implies "Access Denied". Try running the command under built-in
Administrator account. If that does not help, you need to verify the
registry permissions.

subinacl reset registry - Google Search:
http://www.google.com/search?q=subinacl+reset+registry

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


thanks for repyling
this did not work i got an error box titled RegSvr32
the box said DllInstall in shdocvw failed. Return code was: 0x80004005

 

[Guest]

how do you access the built in administrator account

0x80004005 implies "Access Denied". Try running the command under built-in
Administrator account. If that does not help, you need to verify the
registry permissions.

subinacl reset registry - Google Search:
http://www.google.com/search?q=subinacl+reset+registry

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


thanks for repyling
this did not work i got an error box titled RegSvr32
the box said DllInstall in shdocvw failed. Return code was: 0x80004005

Click Start, Run and type:

regsvr32 /i shdocvw.dll

Press Enter.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


for a while now in internet explorer when i click the favorites icon the
column that is supposed to display my favorites just appears as a solid
grey
column with a x in the top right right corner.
i have tryed installing IE7 and the favorites work fine but i prefer to
run
IE6.
I have checked the path is correct in registry editor.
I can not work it out.
Any Help Would Be Much Appreciated

 

[Robert Aldwinckle]

thanks for repyling
this did not work i got an error box titled RegSvr32
the box said DllInstall in shdocvw failed. Return code was: 0x80004005

I have seen cases of that symptom associated with missing modules.

You could use DependencyWalker to profile that regsvr32.exe command
to get a trace of the calls involved for doing the shdocvw.dll DllInstall routine.
The error message would interrupt the trace and at that point you would
see in the trace what it had been doing or (more likely) trying to do.

As Ramesh notes the symptom may also be due to registry permissions.
In that case you could use another tool, RegMon (from SysInternals)
to highlight that case and show you specifically which key was causing
the problem.


FYI

Robert Aldwinckle
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Click Start, Run and type:

regsvr32 /i shdocvw.dll

Press Enter.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


for a while now in internet explorer when i click the favorites icon the
column that is supposed to display my favorites just appears as a solid grey
column with a x in the top right right corner.
i have tryed installing IE7 and the favorites work fine but i prefer to run
IE6.
I have checked the path is correct in registry editor.
I can not work it out.
Any Help Would Be Much Appreciated

 

[Ramesh, MS-MVP]

Via Safe Mode (for XP Home). For XP Professional, press CTRL+ALT+DEL at the
Welcome screen, and type the credentials in the classic logon box. Also have
a look at Robert's post (about Dependency Walker)

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Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


how do you access the built in administrator account