IE6 problem

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Neil Hindry

I have been having problems with Internet Explorer so I thought I would try
to repair it by going to Add Remove programs and then selecting the repair
option when I selected Internet Explorer. However, when I try this I get the
following error message :

"Error in setupwbv.dll
Missing entry.IE6Maintenance"

Has anyone experienced this message before? Any suggestions as to how I fix
it?

I hope someone can help me. Thanks in advance.
 
I have no idea but perhaps try to uninstall completely then reinstalling IE
will fix your problem.
 
Thanks for your reply. For some reason I cannot uninstall.

If I do try to uninstall I get the error message :-
"Error in setupwbv.dll
Missing entry:IE6Maintenance"

I then tried to completely reinstall again, and this time I got the error
message :-

"Setup cannot continue because files are missing from the installation
directory. Please run Setup again and choose Resume Setup. This will
download the missing files and continue Setup"

For information I am using Win ME

Have you seen this error before? Any idea what I can do now to try to repair
or re-install Internet Explorer 6?

Thanks!!
 
I haven't had the same experience, sorry. However when I did use Windows ME
I experienced lots of unusual problems with IE and Outlook so eventually I
upgraded to Windows XP which has proved to be a far more stable operating
system.

If you're still having problems, as a last resort you could completely
reinstall Windows ME, or if you got a repair disk with your pc perhaps try
running that. Like I say, I'm not sure exactly what your problem is but
these are the things I'd be thinking of doing if I was really stuck.


Good Luck.
 
If I do try to uninstall I get the error message :-
"Error in setupwbv.dll
Missing entry:IE6Maintenance"
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Neil,

The message suggests to me that you have an old version of that
module. E.g. the one that came with your OS would only have had
an entrypoint called IE5Maintenance. I think that I once suggested
to someone who was in that situtation that they try to Run...

rundll32 setupwbv.dll,IE5Maintenance

I seem to recall that some unexpected symptom occurred but can't
recall what it was. (I'm writing this offline otherwise I could search
for the thread I'm thinking about with Google Groups. IIRC it would
have been in ie6.setup. So this search might find it for you:

IE5Maintenance IE6Maintenance author:aldwinckle group:microsoft.*.ie6.setup
)

In any case there is a poster called Oops!! who specializes in helping
WinME users get IE6 reinstalled. You could try doing a similar search
for his *frequent* posts. E.g. try:

insubject:install OR insubject:installing OR insubject:reinstall author:oops!! group:microsoft.*.ie6.setup


Another, less frequently used, alternative would be to use Method 2
from the following MSKB article:

<title>KB318378 - How to Reinstall or Repair Internet Explorer and Outlook Express in Windows XP</title>

Supposedly this has been used successfully on other OS. YMMV.


Good luck

Robert Aldwinckle
 
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