Shell32.dll And Kb890047

[The Glimmerman]

Maybe there is a solution already, but lets share the info.

The solution gunsmokingman gave isn't working for me, so i found a workaround.

Covert the old shell32.dll to the new one. I know it's a pain in the @@

Then get the KB890047 Hotfix.

Open a dosbox and run the hotfix with the /extract switch.

Choose a dir for the extracted files and click ok. (C:\KB890047)

When its ready go to the dir and replace al the shell32.dll with your new one. [6.0.2900.2578]

I assume everybody has winrar. rightclick (C:\KB890047) and select add to "KB890047.rar"

Open KB890047.rar and add the following comment.

;The comment below contains SFX script commands

Path=%SYSTEMDRIVE%\TEMP
Setup=%SYSTEMDRIVE%\TEMP\KB890047\update\update.exe /quiet /norestart
Silent=1
Overwrite=1
Title=Shell Replacement - Unattended Install WinXP

After placing the comment, convert archive to SFX and you're ready to go.

Delete the origional hotfix from the I386\Update folder and replace it with the new one.

Edit svcpack.inf and set the the hotfix on the bottom right above qchain.exe.

[The Glimmerman]

Sorry wrong button.

If you don't install the update as the last one, then some updates will not install.

I dont know why, but it is. I tried.

Comment info:

path is where to extract the dir with the hotfix files

Setup explans it self i think

I can't attach a file in this message.

I tried it several time but no can do.

Maybe someone else can attach the shell32.dll that comes with KB890047

[big poppa pump]

This method is not going to work unless the update.ver file in the update directory which has the md5 checksum for the shell32.dll files is edited.

Anyway I solved this problem and I already have kb890047 installed on my computer with the hacked shell32.dll file.

I opened the update.ver file in the update directory using notedpad and deleted the last 2 lines which tells update.exe the md5 checksum for the shell32.dll files.

Replaced the shell32.dll file in both the sp2gdr and sp2qfe with the modified shell32.dll file. My size of my file increased from 8.05mb to 28.8mb after all the hacking and modifications to it. Ran modifype on this file.

Ran update.exe from the hotfix/update folder and the update installed without a hitch and then rebooted and checked windows update. WU shows the hotfix already installed on my system.

BTW it took me less than 5 minutes to hack shell32.dll, not really a pain in the a$$. I used Restorator 2004 and mass copied the entire AVI, BMP, and icon resources from my old file to the new one.

[The Glimmerman]

FYI That's what i said.

except for the update.ver

BTW you don't need to modify the update.ver file because you modifype the shell32.dll. (I think) I didn't do that and it runs fine. WU sees that I installed the hotfix.

But never the less.

Problem solved