grey pane in explorer windows

[chris wolf]

the user is running 98fe and ie4. his cat jumped on the keyboard about five hours ago and ever since then, all explorer windows look similar to this:



the right-click context menu has a "close" option. supposedly there's nothing of relevance in the view menu. dumping the cat on the keyboard again did not produce the desired results. anyone have any ideas? i've seen this issue posted in other forums (the 98 forum at annoyances.org for one), but never saw any answers.

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yes, i still use the i386dx-33.
no, i wouldn't trade it for a pentium iv.

[Kento]

"dumping the cat on the keyboard again did not produce the desired results."

Dang that should have worked! Actually, this looks like a job for superman...err I mean scanreg /restore. Try restoring the registry to the day before the cat mucked it up.

Start your computer and keep pressing the F8 key, and then choose Safe Mode Command Prompt Only from the Windows 98 Startup menu (or restart to dos mode). At the MS-DOS prompt, type cd\windows\command and then press ENTER. At the C: prompt type scanreg /restore and then press ENTER. There's a space between the g and /. Then select a registry dated the day before the problem started and then press ENTER. NOTE: A properly working registry has the word "Started" next to the date. When you receive notification that you restored a properly working registry, press ENTER to restart your computer.



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"Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour." 1 Peter 5:8

[chris wolf]

actually, i did suggest 'scanreg /restore' - they're going to try it tomorrow. i'm just curious if there's an easier way to fix it.

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yes, i still use the i386dx-33.
no, i wouldn't trade it for a pentium iv.

[chris wolf]

*bump*

so, nobody knows? are we going to have to restort to interrogating the cat?

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yes, i still use the i386dx-33.
no, i wouldn't trade it for a pentium iv.

[lukeg]

Have you tried clicking that X in the top right section, or dragging the frame down to the level of the taskbar.
Try pouring milk on the keyboard, it can sometimes get the cat to fix the problem it caused itself.

[lukeg]

If it was squee that did it, your stuffed.




[This message has been edited by lukeg (edited 01-29-2002).]

[chris wolf]

hehe

actually, it wasn't my computer, nor was a member of my mob that committed the deed. i haven't been in contact with the person since so i don't know if they have solved the problem or not.

right-clicking and selecting close or clicking the x closes the pane (whatever it is), but upon closing and restarting the browser, it's back - same with windows explorer.



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yes, i still use the i386dx-33.
no, i wouldn't trade it for a pentium iv.

[Kleinkramer]

The following often corrects this:

Paste the bold into Notepad:

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{EFA24E64-B078-11d0-89E4-00C04FC9E26E}]
@="Explorer Band"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{EFA24E64-B078-11d0-89E4-00C04FC9E26E}\InProcServer32]
@="C:\\WINDOWS\\SYSTEM\\SHDOCVW.DLL"
"ThreadingModel"="Apartment"

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{EFA24E64-B078-11d0-89E4-00C04FC9E26E}\Implemented Categories]

[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{EFA24E64-B078-11d0-89E4-00C04FC9E26E}\Implemented Categories\{00021493-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}]


Save as Explorer.reg, doubleclick, and answer 'yes' to have it merged into your registry.

Reboot.

Good luck, Tony

[chris wolf]

thanks.

unfortunately i haven't been in contact with the person who had the problem so i don't know if they fixed it. i'll definately try this next time i run into the problem, though.

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yes, i still use the i386dx-33.
no, i wouldn't trade it for a pentium iv.

[the mob]