Re: MS05-002 on 9x and ME

From: PCR (pcrrcp_at_netzero.net)
Date: 04/01/05 

Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:04:05 -0500

I find myself in full agreement with cquirke on these issues.
Explorer.exe has never been updated on my Win98SE...

EXPLORER.EXE
Desc: Windows Explorer
Loc: C:\WINDOWS
Size: 180,224 bytes
Mod: Friday, April 23, 1999 10:22:00 PM
Ver: 4.72.3110.1

..., despite I have taken every critical at Windows Update including the
IE Cumulative Updates. So, E & IE are just a shell (or "entry point" as
cquirke says) that calls other files/.dll's. EVEN IF the Win95 SR 2.1
version of Explorer.exe did work, it would be calling the same ones to
do a Delete/Copy, etc.

| I wonder whether someone could give me a *complete* account
| of how explorer is integrated with IE, including files, registry
| entries, functionality, etc.

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Thanks or Good Luck,
There may be humor in this post, and,
Naturally, you will not sue,
should things get worse after this,
PCR
pcrrcp@netzero.net
"Ivan Bútora" <xxx@xxx.xxx> wrote in message
news:OH3aw8ZNFHA.1268@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
| PCR, can you research this for me??
|
| "Ivan Bútora" <xxx@xxx.xxx> wrote in message
news:ujYfOsKNFHA.3708@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
| > CQuirke! Am I correct that the Windows 95 explorer does not depend
on any of these browse*.dll files? What would happen if you replaced
Windows 98 SE explorer.exe with the Windows 95 SR 2.1 version of
explorer.exe? I know there would be some functionality lost, such as
view as web page, or the address bar. I wonder whether someone could
give me a *complete* account of how explorer is integrated with IE,
including files, registry entries, functionality, etc.
| > Thanks,
| > Ivan
| >
| >
| > "cquirke (MVP Windows shell/user)" <cquirkenews@nospam.mvps.org>
wrote in message news:v4ig41hk9t82pdidbrn2gu7uihkq61v6ud@4ax.com...
| > > On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 17:00:39 -0500, "Rick Chauvin"
| > > >PA Bear wrote:
| > >
| > > >> Rick, I don't think MS05-002/KB891711 has anything to do with
the issue
| > > >> about which you post.
| > >
| > > >Of course we all knowMS05-002/KB891711 has nothing to do with the
link I
| > > >gave.  http://www.frankprovo.com/win98ie6filesproblem.htm
| > >
| > > >As I said I took this extra opportunity to tag onto Jerry Bryant
MCSE,
| > > >MCDBA post to express to the MS coders about another issue that
is
| > > >of great importance for 9x to get fixed - besides what the OP is
about.
| > > >I apologize for tagging onto it, but felt it was important
enough.
| > >
| > > I'm inclined to agree with Rick on this; this is IMO the biggest
| > > hassle with Win9x, and a poor show that it's remained unfixed.
| > >
| > > >> (As you know, my position is that IE6 with SP1 installed has
| > > >> fixed your issue for the vast majority of Win98 users.)
| > >
| > > Nope.  It's a difficult issue to pin down, as it is intermittent
but
| > > "sticky" - I suspect it latches into problem mode once tripped
there
| > > by some sort of race condition (mis-timed, ?simultaneous events).
| > >
| > > So it's been hard to pin it down to particular versions of
anything.
| > > I'm not even that sure it affects only IE 6 xx or Win98xx, for
example
| > >
| > > But it's significant, given that it makes it extremely tedious to
do
| > > real, bread-and-butter file management.  That's why it's such an
| > > embarrasment; an OS that can't copy files from one place to
another is
| > > like a car that can't turn its wheels around.
| > >
| > > I can tell you this, though; IE 6 SP1 doesn't fix the issue in
| > > Win98SE.  I know, because that's the hardware I live with, and I
see
| > > this issue on a regular basis!  Once the issue starts -
classically
| > > after doing a bulk erase or copy, whether Recycle Bin is bypassed
or
| > > not - then every attempt to rename or delete files or create new
| > > folders will fail in the same way.  The problem stops when
| > > Explorer.exe is restarted, either by killing it as a task in the
| > > Ctl+Alt+Del list, or by shutting down and restarting Windows.
| > >
| > > >Again here too Robert I have no idea what you are referring to,
but surely
| > > >you are mistaken here of what we are talking about which has been
well
| > > >confirmed in this 9x newsgroup a hundred times over the last 2
years;
| > > >thousands of times elsewhere.  The issue that the link
| > > >http://www.frankprovo.com/win98ie6filesproblem.htm speaks about
was never
| > > >fixed and I can guarantee it's 100% immutable that the problem
does exist for
| > > >W98x.  I would of not stuck my neck out to make my post if it
wasn't.
| > >
| > > Yes, this problem has been often raised, and until the reference
to
| > > BrowseLC.dll and BrowseUI.dll, no solution has ever been apparent.
| > >
| > > There's a similar sort of problem where a fake (null-properties)
W:
| > > drive letter appears in the left pane of Explorer, sometimes with
all
| > > other drive letters vanishing.  That was attributed to WinZip and
| > > (AFAICR) some IE 5.xx versions, though I didn't find such a solid
link
| > > (i.e. I think I saw it in the absence of WinZip).
| > >
| > > Then there's general flakiness of Windows Explorer, such that
renames
| > > or deletions often don't appear in the left pane until an explicit
F5
| > > to refresh.  Happens especially in Start Menu.
| > >
| > > Then there's the slowdown in Start Menu that started with Win98
(may
| > > be related to IE 4's "Desktop Integration").  Whereas in pre-IE4
| > > Win95xx, the Start Menu appears as fast as delay setting allows,
and
| > > appears in a single flash, in Win98+ it dribbles from top
downwards;
| > > you can feel the slowness as each icon gets painted in.
| > >
| > > This may be hidden by the artificially-added slowness of Win98's
| > > "animation" feature.  It's pretty obvious once that feature's
| > > disabled; one wonders if the "feature" was added to cover it up!
| > >
| > >
| > > Now I know some see shuffling those .DLLs as a definitive fix; I
would
| > > too, as long as I don't have to fall below IE 5.5 SP2 (and thus
run
| > > the risk or regressing to the point that MIME-spoofing attacks are
| > > once again facilitated by the OS).
| > >
| > >
| > >
| > > >---------- ----- ---- --- -- - -  -    -
| > >    Gone to bloggery: http://cquirke.blogspot.com
| > > >---------- ----- ---- --- -- - -  -    -

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