Drewdatrip Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 When i double clich on Add/Remove Software within the control panel, i get the odd error.....thankx in advance..=Drew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FthrJACK Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 tried using the normal XP view?its usually direct CD that messes add remove up isnt it? iforget.try use a different view and if it still wont open its the repair console for you my man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sedative Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 It's your theme. To be precise, it's your shellstyle. Try a different theme, or delete the shell folder in the theme folder. I'm 100% sure about this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewdatrip Posted February 18, 2003 Author Share Posted February 18, 2003 Yup you are are right, i tryed acessing the add/remove funtion from the classic theme and all worked fine.....its really too bad, this theme kicks serious tail... =Drew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conan Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 I experienced that error in the past and I blamed it on something else, now I know thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThA_FiLeR Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 ****, I had that a couple of days ago, and re-installed my xp to fix it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XPerties Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 ****, I had that a couple of days ago, and re-installed my xp to fix it...see....always post on MSFN, we are the techno gods! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sedative Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 ****, I had that a couple of days ago, and re-installed my xp to fix it...Ouch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drewdatrip Posted February 18, 2003 Author Share Posted February 18, 2003 So it seems that every theme i use that i download gives me this problem.....any known fix?=Drew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sedative Posted February 18, 2003 Share Posted February 18, 2003 It's because SP1 changed something and the shellstyles of a lot of old themes don't work. Either find an updated version of the theme, or delete the shell folder in c:\windows\resources\themes\yourtheme\ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prnstar Posted February 20, 2003 Share Posted February 20, 2003 It's great to finally find out why i was getting that bloody error. I've had it for months and sought help many times but no one seemed to know, even had to install an add & remove prog so i could uninstall stuff. Thx for enlightening me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chodesweat Posted April 29, 2004 Share Posted April 29, 2004 Although this topic is a year old, I have some new info regarding this error. It seems this is caused when certain regtweaks are applied relating to the theme/visual style. I haven't pinpointed the exact tweak yet. On my system, changing the theme did not fix the problem. The only themes available were Classic and Luna. I also manually removed all the registry entries that I had initally modified with my regtweaks.reg. It still did not fix the 'parser message'I found this solution on MS website. There is a file, "shellstyle.dll" located in C:\Windows\System32. The parser message is a result of a corrupt or missing shellstyle.dll file. I checked the location on my PC and sure enough, the file was missing. I replaced it from another machine, and instantly, the problem was fixed, no reboot necessary. For some reason, during my unattended upgrade (i'm pretty sure it's the regtweaks causing it) that file disappears. My next test will be to insert that file in the $OEM$ area on my unattended CD and hopefully the problem will be solved permanently.Just thought I should add that here, since none of the previously mentioned fixes seemed to work on my system.First post here BTW, I like it here, very helpful. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rik Posted April 30, 2004 Share Posted April 30, 2004 Good info...and Glad you like it here, Welcome. With quality posts like this you'll fit right in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shark007 Posted May 1, 2004 Share Posted May 1, 2004 I've always blamed this error on SP2!Thanks for the answer to my 'unasked' question.I would never have figured this one out on my own.Shark007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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