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re: Explorer.exe : Illegal Operation Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 11:40 am Posted by Matt Rengers (27 messages posted) Try this fix by JmC a while back, hope this helps. re: Explorer-Illegal operation error at startup Wednesday, June 22, 2005 at 10:03 pm Posted by JmC (14166 messages posted) *********There was quite a few people last week with the same error. The below procedure worked for them. It's unknown what caused it though...... * Boot while holding the CTRL key to enter the boot menu. * Select the COMMAND PROMPT ONLY option and press enter. * From the C:\> prompt, type SCANREG /RESTORE and press enter. * When the restore screen appears, select a backup dated before this problem occurred and then restart the system. (A properly working registry has the word 'Started' next to the date) *********** On Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 6:42 am, Sudhindra wrote: >I am having a strange problem. MY system's OS is Win98SE. From the past couple of >hours whenever I go to Start->Run and try to type in anything....I get this Explorer >has performed an illegal operation...( However other than that the Browsers,applications >are working fine but I am unable to use the Start-Run feature ) [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Explorer.exe : Illegal Operation Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 11:45 am Posted by gewg_ (4444 messages posted) Sudhindra wrote: |Explorer has performed an illegal operation | Well, you *are* using Windoze; it *could* simply be an infection. What steps do you take to protect yourself against that? (I recommend Linux, aka The Final Solution to Windoze Infections; it is available for FREE.)[1] Have you assumed that you are infected and proceeded accordingly? http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1152820184 NOTE: The URL of any link which don't give a readable page can be cut and pasted into the Address Bar of a blank browser page. It could be broken software: As Matt said, using SCANREG/RESTORE will try to use a previous copy of your Windoze Registry. This is the first-eschelon fix for almost *ANY* Win9x breakage. More software-related ideas: cache of http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/article07-002 (Run Scandisk, first thing.) cache of http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1033813336 from the Usenet Archive -- invalid-page-fault+Explorer.exe ...or it could be bad RAM: cache of http://www.digital-handyman.com/ftp/Memtest86%2520-%2520Memory%2520Diagnostic%2520Page.txt http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1180061&cid=27384829 As a rule, you shouldn't t be in a hurry with this test; I recommend letting MemTest86 run overnight. Note also where that guy said "a few days". In your case, if RAM is the problem, the software should flag it immediately. cache of http://www.memtest86.com/download.html [1] Booting to a Linux distribution disk (aka a boot-to-a-desktop CD) can also check your hardware, thereby bypassing any M$-related breakage. Running programs from the CD until you use up all your memory may even be a more useful test than MemTest86 (which also *comes* on many Linux CDs). [Reply or follow-up to this message] re: Explorer.exe : Illegal Operation Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 11:54 am Posted by gewg_ (4444 messages posted) Here's how your post looks: http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1266435607 This is how you intended it to look: http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/post?1266435607 The first 2 paragraphs here are worth reading: http://www.annoyances.org/exec/forum/win98/1217046552 [Reply or follow-up to this message] Tip: Use one of the [Reply or follow-up to this message] links above to add a message to this thread Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows 98 Discussion Forum