Windows Explorer not installed

[Guest]

I had some difficulties installing XP, but thought I had them fixed. For some
reason, during the install it would lose where the CD drive was. A dialog
would pop up asking for the path to some file 'smc' something. I would browse
around for the CD but it wasn't in the list! So rather than 'box with the
wind' I copied the entire CD onto the hard drive. It would boot up if I kept
canceling the dialog boxes when they popped up, it's just that a lot of the
components were missing.

That worked flawlessly, or so I thought. It appears the installation is fine
except for one thing. There is no Windows Explorer! There may be others that
I am missing, but it does 'look' good, except for windows explorer.

I can see a explorer.ex_ and a explorer.sc_ in the i386 folder. I'm sure
this is what i need. Anyone know how I can install it from these files?

Thanks very much,

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Try Start>Run and type 'sfc /scannow' no quotes and space before /.

 

[Guest]

Thanks very much Colin. That is some esoteric command.
Evidently there were other system files than just windows explorer missing.
But it didn't load windows explorer.
I'm not sure exactly what it did load. It just asked for the CD, so I assume
it loaded something.

Eagle Eye

Try Start>Run and type 'sfc /scannow' no quotes and space before /.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)

I had some difficulties installing XP, but thought I had them fixed. For
some
reason, during the install it would lose where the CD drive was. A dialog
would pop up asking for the path to some file 'smc' something. I would
browse
around for the CD but it wasn't in the list! So rather than 'box with the
wind' I copied the entire CD onto the hard drive. It would boot up if I
kept
canceling the dialog boxes when they popped up, it's just that a lot of
the
components were missing.

That worked flawlessly, or so I thought. It appears the installation is
fine
except for one thing. There is no Windows Explorer! There may be others
that
I am missing, but it does 'look' good, except for windows explorer.

I can see a explorer.ex_ and a explorer.sc_ in the i386 folder. I'm sure
this is what i need. Anyone know how I can install it from these files?

Thanks very much,

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Explorer is embedded in the OS and there are many files involved. Is it
working now?

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)

Thanks very much Colin. That is some esoteric command.
Evidently there were other system files than just windows explorer
missing.
But it didn't load windows explorer.
I'm not sure exactly what it did load. It just asked for the CD, so I
assume
it loaded something.

Eagle Eye

Try Start>Run and type 'sfc /scannow' no quotes and space before /.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)

I had some difficulties installing XP, but thought I had them fixed. For
some
reason, during the install it would lose where the CD drive was. A
dialog
would pop up asking for the path to some file 'smc' something. I would
browse
around for the CD but it wasn't in the list! So rather than 'box with
the
wind' I copied the entire CD onto the hard drive. It would boot up if I
kept
canceling the dialog boxes when they popped up, it's just that a lot of
the
components were missing.

That worked flawlessly, or so I thought. It appears the installation is
fine
except for one thing. There is no Windows Explorer! There may be others
that
I am missing, but it does 'look' good, except for windows explorer.

I can see a explorer.ex_ and a explorer.sc_ in the i386 folder. I'm
sure
this is what i need. Anyone know how I can install it from these files?

Thanks very much,

 

[Guest]

No, it's not working yet.

Explorer is embedded in the OS and there are many files involved. Is it
working now?

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)

Thanks very much Colin. That is some esoteric command.
Evidently there were other system files than just windows explorer
missing.
But it didn't load windows explorer.
I'm not sure exactly what it did load. It just asked for the CD, so I
assume
it loaded something.

Eagle Eye

Try Start>Run and type 'sfc /scannow' no quotes and space before /.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)
I had some difficulties installing XP, but thought I had them fixed. For
some
reason, during the install it would lose where the CD drive was. A
dialog
would pop up asking for the path to some file 'smc' something. I would
browse
around for the CD but it wasn't in the list! So rather than 'box with
the
wind' I copied the entire CD onto the hard drive. It would boot up if I
kept
canceling the dialog boxes when they popped up, it's just that a lot of
the
components were missing.

That worked flawlessly, or so I thought. It appears the installation is
fine
except for one thing. There is no Windows Explorer! There may be others
that
I am missing, but it does 'look' good, except for windows explorer.

I can see a explorer.ex_ and a explorer.sc_ in the i386 folder. I'm
sure
this is what i need. Anyone know how I can install it from these files?

Thanks very much,

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Try this article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318378

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)

No, it's not working yet.

Explorer is embedded in the OS and there are many files involved. Is it
working now?

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)

Thanks very much Colin. That is some esoteric command.
Evidently there were other system files than just windows explorer
missing.
But it didn't load windows explorer.
I'm not sure exactly what it did load. It just asked for the CD, so I
assume
it loaded something.

Eagle Eye


:

Try Start>Run and type 'sfc /scannow' no quotes and space before /.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)
I had some difficulties installing XP, but thought I had them fixed.
For
some
reason, during the install it would lose where the CD drive was. A
dialog
would pop up asking for the path to some file 'smc' something. I
would
browse
around for the CD but it wasn't in the list! So rather than 'box
with
the
wind' I copied the entire CD onto the hard drive. It would boot up
if I
kept
canceling the dialog boxes when they popped up, it's just that a lot
of
the
components were missing.

That worked flawlessly, or so I thought. It appears the installation
is
fine
except for one thing. There is no Windows Explorer! There may be
others
that
I am missing, but it does 'look' good, except for windows explorer.

I can see a explorer.ex_ and a explorer.sc_ in the i386 folder. I'm
sure
this is what i need. Anyone know how I can install it from these
files?

Thanks very much,

 

[Guest]

Thanks very much Colin for your very determined attempts to help.
I'm reluctant to try the suggestion on the article you mention cause it said
I would have to reinstall all updates. That scared me away. They took a long
time to install.

From something you said earlier, i.e., that explorer was embedded in the OS
I thought I would try Start->Run->Explorer and sure enough it popped up. So
it's there I just have to figure out how to put a link in my start menu. Any
ideas?

Thanks,
Eagle Eye

Try this article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318378

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)

No, it's not working yet.

Explorer is embedded in the OS and there are many files involved. Is it
working now?

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)
Thanks very much Colin. That is some esoteric command.
Evidently there were other system files than just windows explorer
missing.
But it didn't load windows explorer.
I'm not sure exactly what it did load. It just asked for the CD, so I
assume
it loaded something.

Eagle Eye


:

Try Start>Run and type 'sfc /scannow' no quotes and space before /.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)
I had some difficulties installing XP, but thought I had them fixed.
For
some
reason, during the install it would lose where the CD drive was. A
dialog
would pop up asking for the path to some file 'smc' something. I
would
browse
around for the CD but it wasn't in the list! So rather than 'box
with
the
wind' I copied the entire CD onto the hard drive. It would boot up
if I
kept
canceling the dialog boxes when they popped up, it's just that a lot
of
the
components were missing.

That worked flawlessly, or so I thought. It appears the installation
is
fine
except for one thing. There is no Windows Explorer! There may be
others
that
I am missing, but it does 'look' good, except for windows explorer.

I can see a explorer.ex_ and a explorer.sc_ in the i386 folder. I'm
sure
this is what i need. Anyone know how I can install it from these
files?

Thanks very much,

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Start>All Programs>Accessories, right click on Windows Explorer and choose
Pin to Start Menu.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)

Thanks very much Colin for your very determined attempts to help.
I'm reluctant to try the suggestion on the article you mention cause it
said
I would have to reinstall all updates. That scared me away. They took a
long
time to install.

From something you said earlier, i.e., that explorer was embedded in the
OS
I thought I would try Start->Run->Explorer and sure enough it popped up.
So
it's there I just have to figure out how to put a link in my start menu.
Any
ideas?

Thanks,
Eagle Eye

Try this article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;318378

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)

No, it's not working yet.

:

Explorer is embedded in the OS and there are many files involved. Is
it
working now?

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)
Thanks very much Colin. That is some esoteric command.
Evidently there were other system files than just windows explorer
missing.
But it didn't load windows explorer.
I'm not sure exactly what it did load. It just asked for the CD, so
I
assume
it loaded something.

Eagle Eye


:

Try Start>Run and type 'sfc /scannow' no quotes and space before /.

--
Colin Barnhorst [MVP Windows - Virtual Machine]
(Reply to the group only unless otherwise requested)
I had some difficulties installing XP, but thought I had them
fixed.
For
some
reason, during the install it would lose where the CD drive was.
A
dialog
would pop up asking for the path to some file 'smc' something. I
would
browse
around for the CD but it wasn't in the list! So rather than 'box
with
the
wind' I copied the entire CD onto the hard drive. It would boot
up
if I
kept
canceling the dialog boxes when they popped up, it's just that a
lot
of
the
components were missing.

That worked flawlessly, or so I thought. It appears the
installation
is
fine
except for one thing. There is no Windows Explorer! There may be
others
that
I am missing, but it does 'look' good, except for windows
explorer.

I can see a explorer.ex_ and a explorer.sc_ in the i386 folder.
I'm
sure
this is what i need. Anyone know how I can install it from these
files?

Thanks very much,