Explorer has caused an error in <unknown>

[starcraftmaster]

i have just done a repair install of windows me all is fine but every time i start my computer it will show up Explorer has caused an error in <unknown>

and i will click close but it will come back after 30 secs

[sp193]

Well, with the little details you provided it's difficult to find the problem(could you elaborate more on this problem?). Also, Windows ME is notorious for crashing often, and you would be better off formatting, and reinstall Windows.

[starcraftmaster]

well i have a nvidia geforce 4 mx 440 se pci 64 mb,192mb of ram,766 intel celeron,

tell me if u need more or different type of information

[sp193]

I meant by what did you do last before that problem appeared, also have you tried "System restore"? Anyway, ME is known crash even if you did not do anything to it.

[starcraftmaster]

well i did a repair install to fix a few probloms and every time i start the computer that will come up i cant do a system restore becasue i just did a repair install plus before i did the repair install i had no system restore becasue i toke it away with system restore remover pro

am gussing that it may be a start up app but i unclicked eeverry thing in msconfig

[Drugwash]

Maybe you removed some application that is still referred to in the registry. Install Codestuff Starter, enable any advanced/expert options and have a closer look at the startup items, but do not disable anything that might be system-related, or you'll end up with a non-bootable system.

Also install some registry cleaner software and perform a clean-up.

[starcraftmaster]

that code stuff thing is the best it fixed my problom. thanks for the help you guys

[starcraftmaster]

with that code stuff i found out whats causing the problom its UpnPMonitor

is this needed for windows to work good

[starcraftmaster]

with out it on i cant go on internet exploror i will open it and it says iexploror has caused a error in <unkwown>

this is where its found C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\UPNPUI.DLL|||

code stuff says that it cant tfind the file so the file must not be there

[cannie]

Install Codestuff Starter[/b

An excellent help program. Thanks.

[Drugwash]

You're both welcome. I've known and used that application for a very long time, it's one of my basic tools. Thanks goes to the CodeStuff team that develops it.

@ starcraftmaster: you can restore the missing file from the WinME CD. It would be a good idea to check its direct dependencies with Dependency Walker, in case there's other files missing as well.

[starcraftmaster]

do you know where it is on the win me cd

[starcraftmaster]

C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\UPNPUI.DLL||| thats my problom the ||| but when i go to edit in code stuff and take that away it will show up again this wont go away just keeps coming up with |||

[Drugwash]

In that case, I suppose there may be a corrupt initialization file that keeps calling upnpui.dll with bad parameters. You may try to perform a search for that exact string inside files on the whole C: drive and see who calls it.

[starcraftmaster]

but web check and auhook does this to

AUhook

{BCBCD383-3E06-11D3-91A9-00C04F68105C}|C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\AUHOOK.DLL|||||

web check

E6FB5E20-DE35-11CF-9C87-00AA005127ED}|C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\WEBCHECK.DLL|

they seem to be all: registry machine shellserviceobjects

when i change it to some thing else they work fine

so its some to do with :registry machine shellserviceobjects