Inability to Start Windows 2000 Pro

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What I am about to describe is USER related. I have logged on as
Administrator and I created another user and successfully logged on. That
proves to me that it is not machine related.

When I start up in the affected User, I get the openning screen and a little
bit of the system loads. The network (a local non-domain workgroup) links
are estabalished with no problem. I know this becasue the connections are
password controlled and the password window functions properly. A few
seconds after the network links are complete i get a box that says:

Explorer.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows. You
will need
to restart the program. An error log is being created
Ok block

Whether I click ok or just close the box makes no difference. The system
just sits
on the opening screen. My desktop and TaskBar Never appear.

As I said earlier, I can avoid the problem by logging on as a differenct
user. I have created a new user. How can I get my Desktop, OE address and
OE message files to the new user? Once I do that I am back to a good place -
and I could then delete the "bad" user.

Of course that would be unnecessary if someone can tell me how to get rid of
the problem itself. Workarounds are always a second-best solution.
 
From OE you can use File|Import and browse to the store folder within the
corrupt profile. You can also copy the objects from the desktop folder but
not the folder itself.

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| What I am about to describe is USER related. I have logged on as
| Administrator and I created another user and successfully logged on. That
| proves to me that it is not machine related.
|
| When I start up in the affected User, I get the openning screen and a
little
| bit of the system loads. The network (a local non-domain workgroup) links
| are estabalished with no problem. I know this becasue the connections are
| password controlled and the password window functions properly. A few
| seconds after the network links are complete i get a box that says:
|
| Explorer.exe has generated errors and will be closed by Windows. You
| will need
| to restart the program. An error log is being created
| Ok block
|
| Whether I click ok or just close the box makes no difference. The system
| just sits
| on the opening screen. My desktop and TaskBar Never appear.
|
| As I said earlier, I can avoid the problem by logging on as a differenct
| user. I have created a new user. How can I get my Desktop, OE address
and
| OE message files to the new user? Once I do that I am back to a good
place -
| and I could then delete the "bad" user.
|
| Of course that would be unnecessary if someone can tell me how to get rid
of
| the problem itself. Workarounds are always a second-best solution.
|
 
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