piaqt Posted March 27, 2003 Share Posted March 27, 2003 As soon as I'm logged on to my ISP, Internet Explorer turns into Windows Explorer:The page icon becomes that from explorer.exe, if I have a few pages open, my taskbar groupig lists them as "<X> windows explorer windows open", downloads appear in a windows folder icon, and task managerlists explorer.exe, not iexplore.exe.I've tried reinstalling windows XP Pro. Didn't work. I tried resetting the default "open" value for html-files to ie6 (which it was, anyway). Also didn't work.I'm also getting "No internet connection available" messages, which is also not so.Is this a corrupt registry item, corrupt .dll, or screwed-up service or protocol? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted March 27, 2003 Share Posted March 27, 2003 Does launching iexplore.exe from Start > Run also change IE back to Windows Explorer?Reinstalling Windows was probably no good if you used the original CD, but reinstalling Service Pack 1 itself may be of some help, as this would also reinstall the IE6 SP1. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piaqt Posted March 28, 2003 Author Share Posted March 28, 2003 Does launching iexplore.exe from Start > Run also change IE back to Windows Explorer?Reinstalling Windows was probably no good if you used the original CD, but reinstalling Service Pack 1 itself may be of some help, as this would also reinstall the IE6 SP1.1. Yes.2. I did reinstall SP1, plus every post-SP1 hotfix.That's why I posted. Nothing I could think of works. aaaaaagggghhhh!!!!(I also posted to an MS newsgroup. Will let you know if I get any results.)Thanks for trying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asklepios Posted March 28, 2003 Share Posted March 28, 2003 do you remember, what were the changes you made just before you started getting this problem?do you have a DSL or a dial-up connection? If you have a DSL, then check that under LAN settings you have "automatically detect settings" while if you have a dial-up then check that it "never dials" a connection itself.usually IE6 changes its view to windows explorer when you visit a FTP site. go to tools-->interent options-->advanced uncheck the "Enable folder view for FTP sites". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MSNwar Posted March 28, 2003 Share Posted March 28, 2003 Were you configuring user permissions? If so you may have disabled internet access for your logon profile? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piaqt Posted March 28, 2003 Author Share Posted March 28, 2003 asklepios: I have that problem at all sites. i haven't been to any ftp's via IE. Will try it, though.msnwar: No, I wasn't configuring user permissions. I checked, and afaik, I haven't disabled my permission to log on.btw: exactly where in the console tree are user permissions? local scurity policy?Still no word from the newsgroups. p***ants!Again, thanks for the advice. to all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamehead200 Posted March 28, 2003 Share Posted March 28, 2003 asklepios: I have that problem at all sites. i haven't been to any ftp's via IE. Will try it, though.msnwar: No, I wasn't configuring user permissions. I checked, and afaik, I haven't disabled my permission to log on.btw: exactly where in the console tree are user permissions? local scurity policy?Still no word from the newsgroups. p***ants!Again, thanks for the advice. to allClick here: http://gamehead.servehttp.com/msfn/windows.../userpermit.jpgI'm not sure, but I think that's where you go for the user permissions... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piaqt Posted March 31, 2003 Author Share Posted March 31, 2003 Ya, that's what I figured. Best advice from the mvp's so far: reinstall everything.That sound you hear is the reason I didn't get voice-recognition software: By the time I'm talking out loud to my computer, I'm using language I don't want it to learn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asklepios Posted March 31, 2003 Share Posted March 31, 2003 can you give us a screen shot of what u r facing? it seems you'll have to follow the advice of that MVP, but last minute chances can be takenu didn't mention what did you do to get such a thing? i mean any hardware-software change?any updates? there must be some change that you made to your PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piaqt Posted April 1, 2003 Author Share Posted April 1, 2003 damned if I know. this all started after a format: c to fix a corrupt pagefile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asklepios Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 format for a pagefile corruption? anyways what can i say...screen shots that i requested? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piaqt Posted April 1, 2003 Author Share Posted April 1, 2003 OK. Here' a piccy of my address bar and my taskbar. As you can see from the yellow foder icon and the lower-quality html icon, Windows Explorer is what does my browsing, even if I open IE from its executable, not a shortcut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gamehead200 Posted April 1, 2003 Share Posted April 1, 2003 Have you tried resetting IE to its defaults? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piaqt Posted April 2, 2003 Author Share Posted April 2, 2003 yes. i tried all the obvious things before posting--resetting to defaults, reinstalling ie, resetting the default open for html files....i'm trying to avoid having to reinstall xp. again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
asklepios Posted April 2, 2003 Share Posted April 2, 2003 i don't understand whats going on.my last shot...go to view menu--->explorer bar--->folders.if it is checked then uncheck it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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